The Terror in the Emerald City Quotes

“I recently learned that I was thinking about it all wrong. You don’t ever get over that kind of grief. It doesn’t dissolve. You don’t process it until it goes away. All you do is make enough room around the pain so that it doesn’t dominate your life. You expand your sense of self so it’s big enough to hold the grief while letting in the rest of life. You make room for the good stuff. Whenever you can, as much as you can, you choose to be happy.”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City

“As my dad would say, technology marches on like Sherman through Georgia.”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City

“part of being a person is that, even then, even when there’s no hope, you try anyway, you fight anyway.”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City

“As a detective, I took down some of the most horrible people hell ever spat out. But in most cases there weren’t high speed chases or dramatic shoot-outs. Usually we found them making toast or asleep in their beds.”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City

“I like to wrap my thoughts in ribbons and bows before sending them out to play.”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City

“He used to say that music is the only truth,”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City

“The thing about being young is, even though everyone tells you you’re not ready, everyone tells you you’ll get wiser when you get older…” she tried to figure out how to phrase it… “it’s not what you don’t know that kills you. It’s what you don’t know you don’t know. It’s the categories of things you don’t even know are things.”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City

“laughed. “How did your mom put it when we went down south last year?” Darlene slapped her knee. “Well, she always said I’ve got a personality like a jalapeño milkshake—it's a wild ride, and you're never quite sure if you're laughin' or cryin'. JB, on the other hand, well, she had a couple for old JB.” She made her voice older, creakier. “JB is like a biscuit without gravy, plain and simple, but you still can't help but eat 'em up.” Austin and Anna both laughed. “Oh, she had plenty,” Darlene continued. “Though my personal favorite was, JB is like grits without salt or butter. A bit flavorless, but they’ll fill ya nonetheless.”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City

“stay steady.”
― D.D. Black, The Terror in the Emerald City