Point of Origin Quotes

“He slept the way he lived, struggling against his physical existence as if it were the enemy, the blanket kicked practically to the middle of the floor, pillows beaten into shape, and sheets twisted around his legs.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Point Of Origin

“It was ironical that he was obsessive in his concerns about outside agents invading his health, when in fact the gravest danger was simply the way he lived.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Point Of Origin

“I had spent my existence trying to ward off hate, but by now it was too late. It was true that I hated sadistic evil people whose purpose in life was to torment life and take it, as if it were theirs to appropriate. It was true that executions deeply disturbed me, but only because they resurrected heartless crimes and the victims society barely remembered.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Point Of Origin

“Other than sinus configurations, which are as distinct as fingerprints in every human being,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Point Of Origin

“Each year we explored more damage done by bullets and blades, and more people filed frivolous lawsuits against us, and the courts miscarried justice as a matter of course because lawyers lied and jurors did not seem interested in evidence or facts anymore.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Point Of Origin

“Someone had done the best with the least to make strangers feel special, and I doubted that most patrons noticed or cared. Maybe forty years ago such resourcefulness and attention to detail would have mattered when people were more civilized than they seemed to be now.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Point Of Origin

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― Patricia Cornwell, Point of Origin

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Point of Origin

“When you are beaten and raped as a child, your life is murdered even if your body isn’t.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Point of Origin