2nd Chance Quotes

“You can't bring the dead back. You can't even make sense of why things happen. All you can do is the best you can to let the living believe their souls are at peace.”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“I am convinced that the world doesn’t break in the face of its worst possible deed. The world mends itself.”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“courage abounds where guilt and rage run free.”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“some being attended to by EMS teams. “Oh, Jesus,” I whispered under my breath. I spotted medical techs in black windbreakers huddled over the body of a young girl by the front steps. A couple of plainclothesmen were nearby. One of them was my”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“in her eyes was something I’ll remember the rest of my life.”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“I stared at the symbol, the chimera, the bile roiling in my gut. “Not this time.” “I haven’t run with it,” Cindy said. “But it’s out there. Everybody thinks these murders are connected. This symbol is the key, right? Let me give you a second definition I found: ‘a grotesque product of the imagination.’ That fits, right?”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“But when the swell of voices lifted up the church, it didn’t seem wrong to privately ask for mercy to shine down on this innocent soul.”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“Dave Eggers’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter, he”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“Claire had a look on her face that I had learned to recognize. You wouldn’t call it smugness or self-importance; Claire didn’t run that way. It was more of a twinkle that read, I found something. Or more like, Sometimes I even amaze myself.”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“Let judgment be in the courts. This isn’t about politics, or faith, or even race. It’s about the right to be free from hate. I am convinced that the world doesn’t break in the face of its worst possible deed. The world mends itself.”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“Steve,”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“The guy’s got a CCI sheet so long it begins with ‘Call me Ishmael.”
― James Patterson, 2nd Chance