Cop Town Quotes

“It’s very important for your life to have meaning. Even on the days it makes you unhappy, you still need a purpose.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“Rage had consumed her. She hadn’t wanted to just murder him. She had wanted to empty her gun into his chest. And then she wanted to fill the holes with burning oil and dance in his still-warm blood. She had felt dead inside.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“The two women switched to their native tongue. Kate tuned them out. She understood only half of what they were saying. As with most Americans, Dutch sounded to her more like a disease of the throat than an actual language”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“The entire world gave men the responsibility for everything in it except for their dicks.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“As Kate had told her Oma the night before, there was no society more viciously controlled by rumor than your local police force.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“Anything’s legal if you can get away with it.” Maggie slammed the locker closed. “Welcome to the Atlanta Police Department.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“women with a little bit of power can be much harder than men. Especially on other women. They have to distance themselves from the weakness of their sex. Yes?”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“She had felt capable of anything.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“My point is that you see these people in a way that I will never see them. Your experiences are no longer my experiences. I can’t guide you any longer because I don’t know where you’re going.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“Evil people can do good. Good people can do evil. Why does this happen sometimes? Because it’s Tuesday.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“Every time Kate got an inkling that she might live, she remembered what her life was like and wondered if it was worth the effort.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“This women’s lib stuff works for rich girls, but all you’ve got going for you is your face and your figure. You need to take advantage of both before you lose them.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“The smell of fresh air made Kate’s eyes sting. She looked up. The pole lights were on. The sun was sinking like a stone. Maggie asked, “Where’s your car parked?”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“Or any number of the jobs she’d tried and failed at before seeing a story in The Atlanta Journal about women police officers being trained for motorcycle patrol. Motorcycle patrol! Kate laughed at her naïveté. If the firearms instructors were loath to train women, the motorcycle division was downright hostile to the idea of women on bikes. The riding instructor wouldn’t even allow them inside the garage.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ~ JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD UNTIL YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
(sorry all caps is how I found it in my notes)”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“watch.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“Sperm is high in fat and protein, which takes time for the digestive system to process.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“Kate had shot a man with a gun very similar to this one. She had been aiming for his chest and winged his shoulder, but as her people would say, closeness only counts in taxes and horseshoes.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“That the world isn’t just changing. It’s passing you by.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“People don’t take power. Somebody has to give it to them.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“May God keep my going out and my coming in from now on and ever more.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“War was nothing but a grand experiment. Behind every senseless tragedy, there was some guy with a clipboard.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“She didn’t know the opening lyrics, but she belted out the chorus. “ ‘Poor, poor pitiful me!’ ” She nudged Maggie. “ ‘Poor, poor pitiful me!’ ” Maggie smiled despite herself. Gail bellowed, “ ‘Poor, poor pitiful me!’ ”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“Kate’s knees felt shaky as she walked across the parking garage under the Barbizon Hotel. Every atom in her body was vibrating at a different frequency. Her lips felt swollen from Philip’s kisses. Her breasts were tender from his mouth. If she closed her eyes, she could summon up the sensations of his tongue roaming up and down her body.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town

“My wife is for making babies. You’re for fucking.” The sting was unexpected. “That’s an awful thing to say.” “Trust me, one is a lot more fun than the other.”
― Karin Slaughter, Cop Town