Blow Fly Quotes

“nothing worse than someone who's stupid and arrogant and has power.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“*Gone are the days of Benton's childhood, when his sticky fingers dung through caramel-glazed popcorn and peanuts for treasure, such as a plastic whistle or BB game or, best of all, the magic decoding ring that little Benton wore on his index finger, pretending it empowered him to know wgat people thought, what they would do and which monster he would defeat on his next secret mission.
*The toy surprises inside are games printed on folded white paper, cheap as hell, and require the IF of a pigeon.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“He believes that all kindnesses will be repaid. He also believes that evil will get its ugly reward,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“No one good or evil ceases to exist; life is energy and energy cannot be created or destroyed; it is recycled. Therefore, it is possible that the pure of heart and the purely evil have been here before and will be here again.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“People who are unhappy in relationships carry about them a distinct air of discontent and isolation.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“when there’s lightning, don’t stand alone or think you’ll be protected by hiding in the trees. Find the nearest ditch and lie as low in it as you can.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“Hate destroys the vessel that holds it. To hate is to lose clarity of mind and vision.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“Two rude behaviors Marino simply can’t tolerate are public farts and the scratching sound of manicures accompanied by drifting nail dust.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“Their legal system is based on the Napoleonic Code.” Marino has no idea what he’s talking about. “What’s Napoleon got to do with anything!” “The French legal system,” Benton says. “The only state in America that has a legal system based on the French legal system instead of the English. Baton Rouge has more unsolved homicides of women per capita than any other city in America.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“The Philosophy of Animal Magnetism, published in 1837, for example, was written by “A Gentleman in Philadelphia,” who some suspect was Edgar Allan Poe. Such books ended up in universities and were eventually discarded by their libraries, allowing Jean-Baptiste to acquire a small but amazing collection for a pittance.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. JOB 21:26”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“time? He touches an index finger to his deformed”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“Names have only two purposes: use them to manipulate people into feeling that their lives have value, and refuse to use them, to cause people to feel that their lives have no value.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“Are you so goddamn sure of yourself that you're stupid? How can anyone so smart be so stupid?”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“image of the ultimate predator," Jay said. "But we're complicated. A gator is always a gator. A snake's always a snake. A human can be a wolf or a lamb.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“others are traitors and bend in the direction that power pulls.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“*Gone are the days of Benton's childhood, when his sticky fingers dung through caramel-glazed popcorn and peanuts for treasure, such as a plastic whistle or BB game or, best of all, the magic decoding ring that little Benton wore on his index finger, pretending it empowered him to know wgat people thought, what they would do and which monster he would defeat on his next secret mission.
*The toy surprises inside are games printed on folded white paper, cheap as hell, and require the IQ of a pigeon.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“I remember how that used to piss me off as a kid," he recalled. "Get yourself a brand-new knife and 5 minutes later it's hung up in power lines or a fucking tree. That sure is life. One minute things are moving along good, the next, the wind blows your ass to ruination.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“Just as Jean-Baptiste can hear without ears, his father can become deaf at will.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly

“Time on Earth is an opportunity to become more highly evolved, and then people move on or cross over—a”
― Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly