Tami Hoag > Quotes

“We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.”
― Tami Hoag, Dark Horse

“The world isn't black and white, Annie, it's shades of grey.”
― Tami Hoag, A Thin Dark Line

“But then I had long mistaken being spoiled for being strong, being defiant for being independent, being reckless for being brave.”
― Tami Hoag, Dark Horse

“We do the best we can," she said softly, looking inward. "And punish ourselves for it. I've tried to make my choices with the idea that I've made those choices for the greatest good. Sometimes someone suffers in the process, but I made the decision for the right reason. That should count for something, shouldn't it?”
― Tami Hoag, Dust to Dust

“They don't matter. I thought I had to prove something, and I did, to myself. There's nothing left for me to prove. I can move on with my life.”
― Tami Hoag, Kill the Messenger

“I'm telling you, you did what you believed you had to do through all of this. Not what was easiest or best for you. You did what you did, and you're owning it. And I don't know ten men who would be brave enough to do that.”
― Tami Hoag, Kill the Messenger

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. May you grow strong at the broken places.”
― Tami Hoag, Secrets to the Grave

“She had the kind of looks that had probably been quite pretty in high school, but were now worn down by years of smoking cigarettes, raising children, and the disappointment of being married to an asshole.”
― Tami Hoag, Deeper Than the Dead

“Parker suspected that Jace had been born an adult. At nineteen he had a larger sense of duty and responsibility than ninety percent of the people Parker knew.”
― Tami Hoag, Kill the Messenger

“Anybody can be a victim, and anybody can flog themselves. Big fucking deal. But you put one foot on a ladder and climb to the next rung. Then you've done something. Then you've made a difference. And then what happens matters. Otherwise, it's just old news, and nobody wants to hear about it.”
― Tami Hoag, Down the Darkest Road

“She needed care and time; enough space not to feel threatened, but not so much that she could retreat.”
― Tami Hoag, Dust to Dust

“For me the most valuable part of this kind of research, however, is just hanging out with the men and women on the job, listening to them, absorbing the atmosphere and attitudes of their world.”
― Tami Hoag, Cry Wolf

“It wouldn't do him any good to cry, no matter how much he wanted to. He had to think. He had to try to gather as much information as he could, and lay it all out, and reason through it, and come up with some ideas of what to do and how to help.”
― Tami Hoag, Kill the Messenger

“i have no desire to spend my life dancing backward.”
― Tami Hoag, Night Sins / Guilty as Sin

“a truth does not take too long to tell, only a fiction requires so much thought”
― Tami Hoag, Kill the Messenger