Sharp Force Quotes

“rosé champagne with a delicate pinot noir patina.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“thermometer”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“decorate”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“On the bedside table are what Lucy is reading now. Doug Brunt’s The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel. Luis Elizondo’s Imminent. Liza Mundy’s The Sisterhood.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“Smart homes for obtuse people.” I open the medicine cabinet, finding the hair gel. “They don’t realize how vulnerable that makes them if there’s an outage or the network is overwhelmed.” “Or if a predator shows up with a signal jammer.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“La scritta è sul muro.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“the Caymans are a haven for money laundering and other financial crimes.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“lemniscate, the symbol for infinity.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“He reported episodes of tachycardia and was hooked up to a Holter monitor. A cardiologist early on diagnosed him with premature ventricular contractions due to extreme mental distress.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“was hooked up to a Holter monitor. A cardiologist early on diagnosed him with premature ventricular contractions due to extreme mental distress.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“But you talk in front of her,” I reply. “And she observes your behavior as she does with all of us.” “I guess so.” “You have allergies, especially to cats. The way she picked on Merlin was familiar, I’m sorry to say. You’re always teasing him and most of the time he doesn’t like it,” I point out. “I see what you’re saying, Doc. But it’s crazy.” “It isn’t,” I reply. “Everything the avatar experiences is changing the algorithm. As Janet interacts with any of us, new parameters are added and edited.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“I detest salt scrubs, and don’t like strangers touching me, including most massage therapists.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“the dangers of AI being infected by human nature. Inevitably it becomes more like us, taking on our own image, mimicking our behaviors. Which is as good as it’s bad.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“Nel nome del Padre, e del Figlio, e dello Spirito Santo. Amen.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force

“I glance at the caption crawling by as I go on to warn about “smart” homes where everything is wireless. Should an intruder knock out the Wi-Fi with a signal jammer as the Phantom Slasher does, the victim has no alarm system, no camera, no phone signal. “… Critical to have at least one landline, especially for the security system,” I said.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Sharp Force