The Wild Inside Quotes

“His cruelty,” Monty added.”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside

“Wind Beneath My Wings,” which seemed grotesquely out of place, given that Victor didn’t seem to provide wind for anyone’s wings other than his own attempt to fly high in some altered state.”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside

“But to me, at the time, all I could see was that he was peering at me as a man who’d conquered great patches of wilderness in his own life, like a man who could see right through”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside

“And although I’m certain I didn’t define this with clarity at the time, something inside of me screamed that if I did, I would never be able to work another case in my life. And if that happened, I would be as caged as that bear by my own fear.”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside

“He was staring at the floor, his head drooped as if I’d zapped his energy—as if he wasn’t expecting to pause on this particular day to mourn the loss of one of his former patients.”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside

“She used to say that when an area got known for its drug use, it meant that was only part of the story—that it was always about much, much more: economic troubles and the loss of a way of life.”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside

“he never let ego interfere with his work or his friendships, and in this line of work that was certainly refreshing.”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside

“Some people are the world’s best at being alone in the company of others.”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside

“How I admired Natalie for the simple, but hard-won irreplaceable things she’d created and fostered by having a little trust and an ounce of faith in the world. The willingness to take leaps in spite of knowing how fragile it all is, how easily everything can break—how it can fall and shatter like broken glass in an instant.”
― Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside