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Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4) QUOTES

Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4) QUOTES

1 " every time you get rid of one toad there's another to take his place "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

2 " No, Lucy. Your mother doesn’t really love men. They are a symptom of her obsessive quest of finding somebody who will make her whole. She doesn’t understand that she has to make herself whole. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

3 " being in love brings out both the best and the worst in us. One day we’re generous and sensitive to a fault, and the next we’re not fit to shoot. Our lives become lessons in extremes. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

4 " (Lucy:) Why do you think I was such a little fatso? From eating the junk she bought. Snacks, sodas, and pizza that tastes like cardboard. I have fat cells that will scream for the rest of my life because of Mother. I'll never forgive her. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

5 " It is disheartening when a thinking person is forced to admit that many clichés are true. There is no justice on this earth. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

6 " Eddie Heath had come in naked with IV needles, catheter, and dressings still in place. They "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

7 " The body was not yet fully rigorous and was still slightly warm as I began swabbing any area that a washcloth might have missed. I "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

8 " She was grossly overweight, though I could tell from her refined features that she may have been quite pretty in a younger, leaner life. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

9 " Grass was frosted white, rhododendron leaves curled tight, winter bare trees backlit by the moon. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

10 " Disney. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

11 " The next three days were typical for the holiday season. No one was in or returning telephone calls. Parking "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

12 " Yeah. You know what that sounds like. You’d know it if you "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

13 " This neighborhood used to be all white,” Marino said. “I remember when I first came to Richmond this was a good area to live. Lots of decent, hardworking folks who kept their yards real nice and went to church on Sunday. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

14 " And are they consistent with the injuries inflicted by the electric chair, with "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)

15 " Charity is giving to someone what he needs versus what you want to give him. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)