Identity Unknown Quotes

“forensic psychologist,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“wooden sign banging against the wall. “I think”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“Part of life is accepting things that won’t change no matter how disappointing,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“A devil as old as evil itself.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“about?” “Live”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“What I envision and feel inside don’t match the image reflected”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“SCIF.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“Fear,” I reply. “That’s why they’re loyal.” “I guess they’ll get to pick what scares them most,” she says. “Their disgraced employers who are chilling in the city jail right now? Or us?”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“Unless it was an inevitable karma they couldn’t escape. Opposing forces colliding. A quantum entanglement, the two of them forever caught in a spin.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“You’d better be looking over your shoulder, Doc.” “I make a habit of it anyway,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“Benton’s ex-wife, Connie, wasn’t as interested in him as in the Wesley family money. He didn’t share his work with her, nor did she want to hear about it. And my first husband was forgettable, my brief marriage to Tony by prescription. I thought it the sensible thing to do after graduate school, for reasons I don’t entirely understand. I suspect that it had much to do with my mother and Dorothy, both worried I’d never find anyone. “There’s nothing I regret about you.” I tell Benton the truth. “There’s no one I want to be with more.” “No one? Not even Sal?” “Not even close.” “I’m glad to hear it.” “You shouldn’t need to hear it. But regardless of what we think we know, we can get surprised.” I take another swallow of my drink as it melts away inhibitions that hold me tightly wrapped. “And I was surprised to realize you told your colleagues about my history with Sal before discussing it with me first.” “I should have said something to you earlier.” Benton uncorks the bottle again. “Yes, you should have.” “I’m sorry.” “Why didn’t you?” “The professional thing was to inform those involved that you and Sal were close. In fact, you were lovers once.” “In another life.” “It could cause trouble if not handled appropriately. It doesn’t matter how long ago.” He splashes more tequila into his glass, and it’s not like him to drink this much. “Mainly, I was thinking of what the media will do when it’s discovered that you did the autopsy. I wanted us getting on top of it with full disclosure.” “That’s what you told yourself, but it’s not the real reason,” I reply. “My early relationship with Sal bothers you, and you didn’t want your colleagues thinking that it did. So, you volunteered my business for me. As if to imply my past was no big deal to you. That you were comfortable discussing it. And that the information was yours to offer when it wasn’t.” “Ouch. That sounds petty. Not to mention damn stupid. I would have hoped I’m better than that.” He swirls the drink in his glass. “We’re all capable.” “I admit it gets under my skin that you two were together first. I wasn’t in your life except from a professional distance.” “And now I’m here exactly where I want to be,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“Because he seems to have been living a secret life,” Gus says. “Our concern is that he might have been lured into something. Unfortunately, it happens all too often. No one is immune to mistakes of the heart.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“I won’t mention that anyone partnered with Sal would be an afterthought, a sweet one. He was unfailingly gentle and kind. He was abundantly generous. But deep in his soul there was no room for anything but what drove him.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“I’m dismayed by how much I didn’t know about Sal. Who was he really? What secrets did he keep from me?”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“Part of life is accepting things that won’t change no matter how disappointing”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“He was married to his work.” I can’t bring myself to say that Sal was selfish. But he was, and didn’t see it. For someone so insightful, he had a blind spot when it came to his drives and ego.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“We must never be boring,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“Considering who we might be dealing with, assume nothing is random,” Lucy says as we climb out of the Tahoe, rainwater drenching my hair and soaking into my clothing. “Everything means something when the perpetrator has incentive and all the time and resources needed.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“Live as if others are watching. Because they are,”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“There is no end. There is no beginning. —Federico Fellini”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown

“È quello che è, amore. It is what it is, he’d say.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Identity Unknown