Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)

by Stephen King

You have to push through to the bitter end. No flinching, no turning away.

All Trig can think about is what he’s lost, what he did, and the amends he must make.

I will kill 13 innocents and 1 guilty. Those who caused the innocent to die will therefore suffer. This is an act of ATONEMENT.

“Better for ten guilty men to go free rather than for one innocent man to suffer.”

“If it’s an ace detective you want, you should call Holly Gibney. I can give you her number.”

The chief loan officer retired, and two men were in competition for the job, which meant a hefty salary bump. Alan Duffrey was one. Cary Tolliver was the other. Duffrey got the job, so Tolliver got him sent to prison for kiddie porn.”

This makes him think of an AA mantra: One drink is too many and a thousand are never enough.

John Lennon once said, life is what happens when you’re making other plans.

It’s not courage she lacks, it’s the fundamental self-worth necessary to call someone out on their hurtful behavior.

deeply religious people in every sect or faith can always find justification for what they want to do in one holy book or another.