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Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22) QUOTES

Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22) QUOTES

1 " The truth is none of us always does what’s right or fair. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

2 " It’s not true that we are never given more than we can bear. Only it isn’t given. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

3 " Then he’s aware. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

4 " Odors have their own story to tell and the secret is to block them out after they’re no longer relevant. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

5 " When you look into the abyss, it also looks into you. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

6 " Tactical engagement principle number one is if you don’t have a clear and decisive objective the operation becomes disconnected and unfocused. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

7 " It’s not true that we are never given more than we can bear. Only it isn’t given. It simply happens. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

8 " He has Raynaud’s syndrome "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

9 " Gordian knot, a knot impossible to unravel, and Alexander the Great solved the problem by cutting through it with his sword, in other words by cheating. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

10 " Phantosmia. I’m not sure it’s real.” “It is. Molecules of putrefaction become volatilized like pollution attaching to water molecules in the air and creating smog.” “So I have the smog of death in my sinuses.” “More or less.” “Christ I hope I don’t stink.” I lean close to him, and diamond-stitched black leather smells "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

11 " on his lips. He’s in jeans and loafers, a Red Sox windbreaker "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

12 " Io non volevo vivere la mia vita con la paura del male. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

13 " Fundamental problems are the same for everyone,” I reply as we move ahead again, then stop again. “Life, death, sickness, diets, relationships, bills that need to be paid. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

14 " Svengali but "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

15 " Instant death is rare. It can be caused by the dislocation of the C2 from the vertebral body. When I see this it’s usually in hangings with long sudden drops such as from a bridge or a tall tree, and in motor vehicle and diving accidents when the victim suffers a hyperflexion injury after striking his head on a dashboard or the bottom of a pool. If the spinal cord is severed, the brain is no longer attached to the body. The heart and lungs instantly quit. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

16 " Predators watch their quarry. It starts with the eyes. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

17 " Nietzsche said: When you look into the abyss, it also looks into you. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

18 " Anger helps nothing. What’s done is done. Now we move on. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

19 " motivates "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)

20 " two blocks down from my house? What the hell is going on?” “Nothing good,” Marino says. I Google Sonny’s Lawn Care. There’s no such "

― Patricia Cornwell , Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)