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1 " She looked at ways to quantify life. Analytic in nature, her head almost always overruled her heart. Love it? Hate it? She wanted to KNOW it. "
― Gregg Olsen , Envy (Empty Coffin, #1)
2 " surprised "
― Gregg Olsen , A Cold Dark Place (Emily Kenyon, #1)
3 " couple "
― Gregg Olsen , The Weight of Silence (Nicole Foster Thriller, #2)
4 " Some of this story is completely true. And some of it isn't. Like truth, evil comes in all sorts of flavors. Some bitter. Some deceptively sweet. Sometimes it comes with a heavy price. While most people don't invite evil into their lives, the dirty little secret is that an invitation isn't necessary. Locked doors don't matter. Neither do fancy security systems. Evil is kind of amazing when you think about it. She knows how to get inside. "
5 " Why you need a reason for everything? Reason is something people say to make sense of things that don't make sense. "
6 " Her daughter's comment amused Emily. 'I didn't know stalking could be a group activity "
― Gregg Olsen , Heart of Ice (Emily Kenyon, #2)
7 " Maybe it was more than that. Maybe some things shouldn't be explained. "
8 " You poke at evil with a stick," Valerie had said, offering chilling advice they'd never forget. "Never use your fingers. "
9 " I'm a successful businessman, a very successful bussinessman,' he said, dead-eyed to the camera. 'Guys like me don't kill our wives. We trade 'em in and get a new one "
10 " Trust and stupidity are close friends. Of course, no one really knows that until it’s too late. "
― Gregg Olsen , Lying Next to Me
11 " I was free. Free also means nothing. "
― Gregg Olsen , The Sound of Rain (Nicole Foster Thriller, #1)
12 " leathery tan face and eyes popping from white rings of flesh left by tanning goggles, had his head so far up his ass that he needed a snorkel to breathe. At least most thought so. "
― Gregg Olsen , A Wicked Snow
13 " But in late March in the Pacific Northwest, a cease-fire on precipitation only meant the clouds were taking a coffee break. "
― Gregg Olsen , The Girl in the Woods (Waterman and Stark, #1)
14 " No one, certainly no teenager, was normal or felt they were. Everyone wore a kind of mask that kept people from really seeing what - or who - was inside "
15 " their stories, tell their tales, pose for pictures, and shake their heads for the TV cameras. As one high school student told the reporter from the Today show, “Nothing much ever happens around here, so this is kind of fun. Sad, but fun at the same time. "
16 " She was only fifteen! What is the matter with these kids today? Can't they wait to have sex until they get their driver's license and can go somewhere? "
17 " Only in the campfire-stoked stories of Boy Scouts, bedtime tales baby-sitters employ to frighten bratty charges, or in the sweet delight of grandpas who never grew up, would the stories live on. "
― Gregg Olsen , Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
18 " mother says her son turned blue and she was unable to revive him. Father was at home and made the call for emergency aid. Both parents reported that such an incident had never "
19 " lobby of the Santa Louisa courthouse drinking a cup of black tea from a paper cup. She pushed her long, dark hair behind her ears and tapped her pointed shoes in time with the Muzak undulating over the marble floors. A Helen Reddy song, she thought. Maybe Cher? She smelled of White Shoulders perfume and spearmint gum. When Hannah walked by, the woman smiled and raised a hand as if to wave. But the friendliness of the gesture was not returned. "
20 " Larvae can consume an entire human body in a week. "
