American Black Widow Quotes

“Sharon Nelson had tired of living in the little houses built by someone else; she wanted her own place. She wanted it to be big, grandiose, one of a kind. Just like she saw herself.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“incineration”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“She was pulling back, to make Glen want her more.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“Still crying as she put the car into gear and drove out of town, Julie felt something came over her and she stopped the tears. Almost in an instant, she started laughing with Lorri. All of the hurt of her marriage was gone. All of the pain she had endured left as suddenly as the sun dropping behind a cloud. She knew everything would be all right.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“Everything Sharon and her sisters did that was perceived by their parents as good, God had His hand in it. Everything the girls did that was bad was something they had chosen to do.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“The young wife listened to church-prohibited music on a transistor radio, she went to movies that were forbidden by the church…she took it all in. For the first time in her life, Sharon even drank and smoked. And she liked it. As wrong as she’d been taught it was, Sharon Fuller liked it.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“It was in 1975 when Sharon made a single move toward freedom from her husband, freedom toward what she felt was a “truer” self. She was entitled to more. She was deeply in love with Craig when she decided she could leave Mike and start over.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“Sharon always told herself so. Whenever. Whoever. The man she slept with was always the man of her dreams.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“She was lusty, flamboyant. She was a bed hopper who would give the frogs of Calaveras County a run for their money.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“Without the piercing by a bullet or the fracture by a hard instrument, the human head almost always explodes in the heat of a fire.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“What others thought of a person was far more important than the truth of someone’s actions or character. Lies became part and parcel of creating the most perfect of facades.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“For the first time in her life, Sharon even drank and smoked. And she liked it.”
― Gregg Olsen, American Black Widow

“The feeling I got was when you’re so self-sufficient and self-important and you’re walking down the street... be careful that your imaginary wings don’t jostle the real angels that are the common people.”
― Gregg Olsen, Bitch on Wheels