Pray for Silence Quotes

“It’s the living who are left to suffer. A hard truth, but that’s the way it is.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“The familiarity is balm for my soul and I take a moment to soak it in, hoping my emotions don’t choose this moment to betray me.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“It’s a rule all of us must abide by. No matter what happens, life always goes on.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or so I tell myself, anyway.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“You’ve been a cop long enough to know that sometimes bad things happen to good people. It’s out of your control. You gotta let go or it will drive you nuts.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“I’m not a self-destructive person. I learned that lesson at a relatively young age. But at some point during the drive from the police station to the bar, I stopped thinking. I stopped being reasonable. I stopped being so goddamn responsible. Sometimes none of those things make a damn bit of difference.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“Some cases are more complicated than others. It’s not that the perpetrators are unduly cunning; most are as mindless as the crimes they commit. More often than not, it’s the relationship dynamics of the cops involved that throw an investigation into turmoil.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“Crimes like this baffle the mind. They break your heart. They’ll tear you up inside if you let them.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“I’d heard veteran cops talk about life altering cases. Cases that haunt a cop long after they’re closed. I’ve had cases like that myself. Cases that fundamentally changed me. Changed the way I view people. The way I perceive my job as a cop. The way I see myself. Standing there with the stench of blood filling my nostrils, I know this is going to be one of those cases.”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence

“with me an instant before”
― Linda Castillo, Pray for Silence