The Butcher Quotes

“He didn’t know whether to kill himself, or someone else.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Not everyone is all bad or all good. Good people do bad things every day, and bad people do good things every day.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Maybe there was no rewind button for life, but surely Matt could change the channel.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Sam’s eyes wandered up to the camera again. “Are we being recorded?” “Yes.” “Who’s watching us right now?” The detective sighed. “A couple of really experienced police officers. Actually, I have no idea. Wave if you want to.” Sam lifted a hand and wiggled a few fingers.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“We can all choose how we want to be remembered.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Enough with the whining. Enough with the guilt. Maybe there was no rewind button for life, but surely Matt could change the channel.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“And almost choked. One of the faces was her dead mother. There was no mistaking that the young woman on the left was Sarah Marquez. Wearing a bright smile, her dark eyes lit up Sam’s computer screen.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Those old folks’ homes are dens of sin.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“And how much screen time I do specifically get?”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Like ducks on the water, it was all smooth sailing on top and paddling like mad underneath.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“It was that feeling again, that sense of longing for something she couldn’t remember ever having.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Reaching out, he once again touched the dent on the side of the Mathushek, left there from when he’d smashed her head into it four months ago.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Rufus Wedge, otherwise known as the Beacon Hill Butcher, had been the most wanted man in the Pacific Northwest for a long time.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Because he realized now that he’d been taking her for granted, and that his life seemed less somehow without her in it.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Half the time she forgot to tell him things, and the other half of the time she didn’t tell him because she was pretty sure he wouldn’t care.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Practical Homicide Investigation: Tactics, Procedures, and Forensic Techniques,”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Sweetbay Village might be fancy, but it was still essentially a storage unit for elderly people with nothing but time to kill until death came for them.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Marisol Perez had met Edward Shank in 1962 when the Chief was in the air force and stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. When recounting the story of how they’d met, the Chief liked to joke that Filipino women were their country’s greatest export.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“At least he’d managed to get all the blood out of the carved roses before calling 9-1-1, despite his arthritic hands. One must always be careful cleaning up after a kill.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Taking one final look around, Edward’s gaze once again lingered on the antique piano. His eyes misted as memories of Marisol came rushing back. God, how he missed his wife. The house hadn’t been the same without her these past few months. Reaching out, he once again touched the dent on the side of the Mathushek, left there from when he’d smashed her head into it four months ago.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Rufus Wedge, otherwise known as the Beacon Hill Butcher, had been the most wanted man in the Pacific Northwest for a long time. The manhunt was now over.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Most were halfway to dying, and the ones that weren’t were so damned wrinkled you couldn’t tell their pussy holes from their belly buttons.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“A wave of sadness washed over Sam. It was that feeling again, that sense of longing for something she couldn’t remember ever having.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“The Chief smiled. In his eyes, there was no resistance, no remorse, no sadness, no fear, no pain. Nothing. There was no soul”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“I will never get girls. You’re so instantly competitive, always assuming the worst about each other.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“FML. Fuck my life.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher