"..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down."
— Harlan Coben

"Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place. pg 193 of Promise Me"
— Harlan Coben

"Myron reached for the phone and dialed Win's number. After the eighth ring he began to hang up when a weak, distant voice coughed. "Hello?"
"Win?"
"Yeah."
"You okay?"
"Hello?"
"Win?"
"Yeah."
"What took you so long to answer the phone?"
"Hello?"
"Win?"
"Who is this?"
"Myron."
"Myron Bolitar?"
"How many other Myrons do you know?"
"Myron Bolitar?"
"No, Myron Rockefeller."
"Something's wrong," Win said.
"What?"
"Terribly wrong."
"What are you talking about?"
"Some asshole is calling me at seven in the morning pretending to be my best friend."
"Sorry, I forgot the time.""
— Harlan Coben (Deal Breaker)

"Men tracht und gott lacht

meaning Man Plans and God Laughs"
— Harlan Coben

"The first sip of beer on a hot day is like that first finger-dip when you open a new jar of peanut butter."
— Harlan Coben (The Woods)

"So basically your plan is to flail about helplessly."
— Harlan Coben (Drop Shot)

"I ordered a cheeseburger and a beer from a waitress who looked as though she wanted to be in one of those want-to-get-away? commercials. She called me hon. I love when a waitress calls me hon."
— Harlan Coben (The Woods)

"Her voice was polished with a hint of a New England-boarding-school accent that shouted refinement over geographic locale. I was trying not to stare. She saw that and smiled a little. I don't want to sound like some kind of pervert because it wasn't like that. Femal beauty gets to me. I don't think I'm alone in that. It gets to me like a work of art gets to me. It gets to me like a Rembrandt or Michelangelo. It gets to me like night views of Paris or when the sun rises on the Grand Canyon or sets in the turquoise Arizona sky. My thoughts were not illicit. Ther were, I self-rationalized, rather artistic."
— Harlan Coben (The Woods)

"A dancer on break approached him. She smiled. Each tooth was angled in a different direction, as if her mouth were the masterwork of a mad orthodontist.
"Hi," she said.
"Hi."
"You're really cute."
"I don't have any money."
She spun and walked away. Ah, romance.
-Harlan Coben pg.306
Deal Breaker"
— Harlan Coben

""So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell."
"Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely."

Pg. 170"
— Harlan Coben (Fade Away)

"So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell."
"Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely."
— Harlan Coben (Fade Away)