The Next Accident Quotes
"Maybe she said yes. Maybe she just moaned. She didn’t know anymore."
"They were celebrating, they were mourning. It was a farewell fuck, and either way champagne sex shouldn’t count with the nice folks at AA."
"Salt on her cheeks. Champagne on her tongue. Why couldn’t she stop crying?"
"Suddenly the bed was gone. They were outside. In the driveway. Clothes on, cheeks dry. Champagne gone, but not the thirst."
"She was just doing paperwork today, no need to dress up, and oh God had she put on deodorant this morning?"
"The woman who had owned the condo before Rainie had finished the entranceway with warm red brick and painted the living space with rustic shades of adobe and tan."
"She stopped looking at his side so much. She started listening to his words more."
"She was forty-seven years old, and she didn’t know who she was anymore."
"For an uncanny moment she had an image of him, waking up in the hospital after his transplant surgery, and discovering no one at his side."
"Her fingers curled around his. The woman continued to sing, 'My love has come along…' and the moment went on and on."
"OUTSIDE, THE AIR was heavy and hot, but the sun was beginning to set and Bethie had always loved this time of day."
"You promise not to be insulted? After two glasses of wine, you have to work very hard to get me insulted."
"You helped save my life. That’s a bit more significant than some stuffed suit at a black-and-white soiree."
"I run my own business. I enjoy fast cars, fast boats. Lord be praised, I have a deep and abiding love for Playboy, and it’s not for the articles."
"You must have worried about her a great deal. I wanted her to feel safe."
"God knows when I go to parties I have to meet someone three or four times before I can put a name to a face."
"He wasn’t used to feeling like this, as if the world were an uncertain place and he needed to feel his way carefully or risk plunging into an unknown abyss."
"The irony is that the psychopath would view his daughter’s death as blood in the water and now they were moving in for the kill."
"I don’t like talking about your daughter. Pretty, pretty girl, Quincy. How nice you gave her my favorite name."
"She’s just an hour away, I could tell her I was in the area. It’s been a month."
"I love her. I miss her. And some days…Some days, I’m just so angry."
"His place looked it. He pushed away from the counter and roamed the space restlessly."
"Not everyone will hurt you. Isolation is not protection."
"I know it's hard, but at some point, you have to believe."
"Taking care of the body helps take care of the mind."
"No matter what I do, I can't reach my ex-wife, whose family connections might have enough power to call it off."
"I'm coping, Rainie, and nobody ever said coping had to be pretty."
"Just because you survive, doesn't mean you'll end up happily-ever-after."
"You'd better hurry up, Pierce. There's only one left."
"I am falling apart, but I am going to put myself back together."
"You have to have faith, he'd told her. She wished it were really that simple."
"I'm the strong one and I'm supposed to take it, but I don't want to be this strong."
"Life's about baggage. Think twice before you hang a boulder around your neck."
"He uses the aliases to approach women outside of law enforcement. What normal woman bothers with something like a routine security check?"
"He's an old man, can't even remember to piss in a toilet, for God's sake. He's sick, he's easily frightened."
"It's everyone's instinct to be part of something. In evolutionary terms, we are stronger together than alone."
"You play by his rules, and you won't ever get yourself back."
"The shark is in the water, Rainie. Now we need a bigger boat."
"He's not fighting to live simply to live. He's a herd animal. He's fighting to join the other elephants, he's living off the hope that if he keeps on fighting, he will get to belong."
"Dying in the desert. Struggling to survive, desperate to belong, but still not figuring out how to live."
"Because the minute we do, he knows he’s in trouble."
"If there’s a new guy tomorrow night, I’ll shoot him."
"She scooped it up, while trying to come up to speed on their squabble."
"You wanted this, didn’t you? The perfect opportunity to come in and torpedo Quincy’s career."
"She didn’t like Montgomery. His ill-kept appearance did bother her."
"The Bureau had long arms, particularly when faced with embarrassing situations such as policing its own."
"I should call Everett," he murmured. "Get agents over there. Maybe…"
"I shot Special Agent Montgomery," Glenda Rodman said without preamble.
"Albert’s shooting skills are equal to the rest of him," she said dryly.
"I disabled him with shots to his kneecap and his right hand instead; I know you need answers."
"You’re welcome," she said. And hung up the phone.
"Special Agent Rodman is an extremely capable woman," Quincy said.
"I’m a good shot," Kimberly said. "I practice three times a week."
"You’re going to be fine, Kimberly. You’ll be safe."
"I am Quantico’s best of the best. I can, too."
"I’m not going to let anything happen to me," he whispered against the top of her head. "I promise you that."
"You won’t let down your guard?" she pressed. "You won’t be fooled by anything this Albert guy says?"
"Hey Quince. See you soon." She walked back into the hotel.
"Hey Rainie," he whispered. "I love you, too."
"What about Special Agent Rodman’s hand?" she asked.
"I don’t want to go. Maybe sometimes it seems that I do."
"This is a triumph. This is a lesson in the value of hard work and proper training."