Cause of Death Quotes

“maybe it explains something to you," said marino, who always got impatient with lucy's computer talk. "but it don't explain shit to me.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death

“point is, he wants to hurt you, doc, and he's already trying hard. one way or another he's going to screw you, if he can."
"he can wait in line with all the other people who want to.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death

“As for the brain, what the Black Talon had done to it was awful. The explosion of gas and shredding caused by copper and lead had plowed a terrible path through the miraculous matter that had made Danny who he was.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death

“I wondered if we would reach a point when all of us lived in bubbles so we did not die of diseases like the Ebola virus and AIDS.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death

“These people are consorting with evil,” I said. “And I respect that there is evil in the world and it is not to be taken lightly.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death

“The ability to smell cyanide is a sex-linked recessive trait that is inherited by less than thirty percent of the population. I was among the fortunate few.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death

“We must never underestimate the power of evil, and we should avoid brushing up against it whenever we can.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death

“Lucy was not a normal person, nor would she ever be. I had decided that in many sad ways, individuals with IQs as high as hers are as different from others as are the mentally impaired.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death