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81 " It was all so damn fragile, that was the thing. Obvious, for sure,but for the most part we block - we refuse to think about how easily our lives could be torn asunder, because when we recognize it, we lose our minds. The ones who are fearful all the time, who need to medicate to function? It is because they understand the reality, how thin the line is. It isn't that they can't accept the truth - its that they can't block it. "
― Harlan Coben , Hold Tight
82 " Sex is for anyone; the aftermath is for lovers. "
― Harlan Coben , Tell No One
83 " There is a certain fate to the universe and a certain randomness. "
84 " He truly believed that no one could love him, and no matter who you are, that hurts. It made you insecure. It made you want to hide and build fences "
― Harlan Coben , Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, #3)
85 " Why do humans never really learn the lessons we are supposed to? What is in our makeup, in fact, that draws us to that which should sicken us? "
86 " Kids don't come with instructions. We all mess up. Raising a child is pure impromptu. "
― Harlan Coben , Just One Look
87 " Things can always be said later, but things can never be unheard. "
― Harlan Coben , Fool Me Once
88 " Natalie had what I'd call a slow beauty, the kind you don't really notice at first and then it knocks you back and grows on you and she gets more beautiful every time you see her and then you can't believe that you ever thought that she was anything less than completely stunning. Whenever I saw her, my entire body reacted, as though it were the first time or better. "
― Harlan Coben , Six Years
89 " It was more about understanding that you could give it your all, give yourself the best chances, but control is an illusion. "
90 " Did tragedy cause fissures, open them wider--or did tragedy merely turn on the light so you could see the fissure that had always been there? "
― Harlan Coben , Caught
91 " You have heart disease, people understand. When the brain gets sick, well, it’s almost impossible to comprehend. "
― Harlan Coben , Seconds Away (Mickey Bolitar, #2)
92 " We all have our demons. But men? They have them much worse. The world tells them that they are the leaders and great and macho and have to be big and brave and make a lot of money and lead these glamorous lives. But they don’t, do they? Look at the men in this neighborhood. They all worked too many hours. They came home to noisy, demanding homes. Something was always broken they needed to fix. They were always behind on the house payments. Women, we get it. Life is about a certain kind of drudgery. We are taught not to hope or want too much. Men? They never get that. "
― Harlan Coben , Missing You
93 " You can only be strong for so long. "
94 " but every home is its own island with its own secrets. "
― Harlan Coben , The Stranger
95 " Cherish and take care of what you value. Happiness is fragile. Appreciate every moment and do everything you can to protect it. "
96 " ...whenever I see a table of college “friends” sitting together they are inevitably texting with unseen others, searching, always searching, I guess, for something that might be better, a perpetual life hunt for digital greener grass, an attempt to smell roses that are elsewhere at the expense of the ones in front of you... "
97 " With everyone else, you put up this facade so you can hide the crud and make them like you. But with real friends, you show them the crud-and that makes them care. When we get rid of the facade, we connect more. "
― Harlan Coben , Live Wire (Myron Bolitar, #10)
98 " Replicas never have the ghosts. They're bodies without souls. "
99 " A Spoon swoon, if you will. "
― Harlan Coben , Shelter (Mickey Bolitar, #1)
100 " Ambition is natural when you don't have anything. You know what you're driving for. "