We Are All Guilty Here (North Falls, #1)

by Karin Slaughter

Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.’” Emmy gave her a blank look. “Edgar Allan Poe,”

Small men can’t handle grown women. They go after girls because most girls are pliable and desperate for outside approval. At that age, you’ll do almost anything for attention, even if it feels bad and you know it’s wrong.”

“Parents get mad about the wrong things. What were you doing talking to him? Why were you hanging out there? Why didn’t you walk away? What were you wearing? Why did you lead him on?”

But change doesn’t stop just ’cause you’re standing still.

“Every kid gets a different set of parents, even if they grow up in the same house.”

“A man has to prove himself once. A woman has to prove herself every day.”

“The thing about pedophiles is, they don’t just groom their victims. They groom everyone around them.”

we are all guilty here.”

“From whom do women need protection, Vanna?”