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1 " I remember one time I heard this English professor asking the class what the world's scariest noise is. Is it a man crying out in pain? A woman's scream of terror? A gunshot? A baby crying? And the professor shakes his head and says, 'No, the scariest noise is, you're all alone in your dark house, you know you're all alone, you know that there is no chance anyone else is home or within miles—and then, suddenly, from upstairs, you hear the toilet flush. "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

2 " You bring your own weather to the picnic. "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

3 " Genius is a curse. That's how I look at it. Some think that the brilliant comprehend the universe in a way the rest of us can't. They see the world how it truly is—and that reality is so horrible the lose their minds. Clarity leads to insanity. "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

4 " For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know? "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

5 " 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

6 " Right now, even though he'd been dead for years, she wanted to collapse in her father's big arms and hear him tell her that everything would be all right. Do we ever outgrow that need? "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

7 " God, she loved this kid. Wendy had one of those waves, the ones that sneak up on parents and crush them and make them just want to wrap their arms around their kid and never let him go. "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

8 " The secret in any interview was the ability to not fill the silence. A few seconds passed. "

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9 " The world is nothing but a bunch of thin lines separating what we think are extremes. "

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10 " His voice not only dripped sarcasm but seemed to have spent days marinated in it: “How noble.” “Objection! "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

11 " The boys wore helmets that looked too big on their heads, like the Great Gazoo on The Flintstones, and it was nearly impossible to tell which kid was which. "

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12 " And,” he continued, “you’re sitting there and you have tears in your eyes and you think about the wonder of this moment, and then—and this is the amazing thing—you look around the auditorium, at the other parents, and you realize that every one of them feels exactly the same away about their own kid. I mean, that’s so obvious and simple and yet something about it overwhelms me. I can’t believe this tremendous feeling, this wave of love, doesn’t belong to us alone, that what we’re experiencing isn’t unique—and that just made it somehow greater. I remember watching the other parents in the audience. You see the wet eyes and the smiles. You see the wives reach for their husband’s hand, no words exchanged. And I remember being just awed. Like, I don’t know, like I couldn’t believe one room, this school auditorium, could be so full of pure love and not just take off from the ground.” Marcia "

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13 " The kitchen clock above the sink ticked. Wendy could look out the window and see the undergrads walking to class, all animated, young, with the clichéd rest of their lives waiting around the corner. Next year, Charlie would be one of them. You could tell these kids that it will go faster than they think, that they will blink and college will be gone and then ten years and another ten, but they won’t listen, can’t listen, and maybe that’s a good thing. “I "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

14 " I made myself tea. Just like today. I sat here and was about to start my essay when I heard a noise coming from upstairs. Like I said, I knew no one was home. I should have been scared, right? I remember one time I heard this English professor asking the class what the world’s scariest noise is. Is it a man crying out in pain? A woman’s scream of terror? A gunshot? A baby crying? And the professor shakes his head and says, ‘No, the scariest noise is, you’re all alone in your dark house, you know you’re all alone, you know that there is no chance anyone else is home or within miles—and then, suddenly, from upstairs, you hear the toilet flush.’ ” Christa "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

15 " She knocked on Vic’s door and leaned her head in. “You rang?” “Heard you got your ass reamed in court,” her boss said. “Support,” Wendy said. “That’s why I work here. The support I get.” “You want support,” Vic said, “buy a bra.” Wendy frowned. “You realize that made no sense.” “Yeah, I know. I got your memo—check that, your many and repetitious memos—complaining about your assignments.” “What "

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16 " Wait.” Vic put a hand to his ear, as though straining to hear. He was a small man except for the enormous bowling-ball gut. His face might be called “ferretlike,” if the ferret was really ugly. “What? "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

17 " Kasselton High was big, nearly two thousand kids in four grades. The building was on four levels, and like so many high schools from towns with constantly growing populations, it ended up being more a series of pieced-together add-ons than anything resembling a cohesive structure. The later additions to the once-lovely original brick showed that the administrators had been more interested in substance over style. The configuration was a mishmash, looking more like something a child had made by mixing wooden blocks, LEGOs, and Lincoln logs. Last "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

18 " Wendy wondered what to say here, what wouldn’t sound patronizing, but “I’m sure that’s not true” or “I’m sorry” didn’t make the cut. She again opted for silence. “Do "

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19 " Do all these things so you can matriculate at the most prestigious school possible. It’s like the first seventeen years of your life are just an audition for the Ivy Leagues.” It "

― Harlan Coben , Caught

20 " No problem, dear,” Phil said with a smile. It was a nice smile. A few years ago, it might have been returned, but nope, not today. Phil kept his eyes on her for maybe a second too long, though Wendy didn’t think the girl noticed. Once the waitress was out of sight, Phil lifted his bottle toward Wendy. She picked up hers and clinked bottles and decided to stop this dance. “Phil, "

― Harlan Coben , Caught