The Next Accident Quotes

“Quincy, boyfriends apologize, shrinks analyze. Which are you?”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“So let's catch this son of a bitch, so I can return to my classes, and finish up my degree. Then I'll join law enforcement, neglect my own family, and the cycle will be complete.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“Women who ran into the kitchen for a knife, almost always had it used on them instead. Bethie should have gone after a cast iron skillet. Something big and heavy that could punish an opponent without a great deal of accuracy.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“He worked as an agent for the same reason people worked as accountants and lawyers and corporate clerks. Because he was good at it. Because he liked the challenge. Because when the job was done right, he felt good about himself.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“I’ve made my mistakes and taken my licks and I still think a quiet life is overrated.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“Face it, you and Quincy have a genuine meeting of the minds. That's serious shit, Rainie. You can go an entire lifetime without finding anyone who matches like that. I know I have.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“I'm from Georgia, honey. We consider all women dangerous; it's part of their charm.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“You have to have faith...I know it's hard, but at some point, you have to believe. Some people are evil, some people will hurt you, but not everyone will. And trying to stay safe by going at it alone doesn't work in the end. Isolation is not protection. I know. I thought it would be easier if I never opened up to my family, if I never got too close. Then I lost my dauther, and it hasn't been any easier at all. I am falling apart...

But I am going to put myself back together...I am going to find the son of a bitch who did this. And if I have to be angry to do that, I'll be angry. And if I have to stop sleeping and start swearing and behave like an utter jerk, I'll do that, too. I'm coping, Rainie, and nobody ever said coping had to be pretty.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“Stop psychoanalyzing me! Be less therapist, more man --"

"Man? Last time I tried being a man, you looked at me as if I was going to hit you. You don't need a man, Rainie. You either need a blow-up doll or a damn saint!”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“Shit, I'm being played like a fucking violin!"

Rainie blinked. "Since when did you take up swearing?"

"Yesterday. I'm finding it highly addictive. Like nicotine."

"You're smoking, too?"

"No, but I haven't lost my deep and abiding love for metaphors.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“It's human nature, Rainie. We're all looking for something to believe in, and someone to blame.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident

“Sugar and fat a socially acceptable drugs.”
― Lisa Gardner, The Next Accident