Pretty Dead Quotes

“Forgot my coffee on my desk.” True, but an excuse all the same. Her next choice would be PMS, but PMS got a bad rap. Her theory about PMS was that it simply lifted the veil. It wasn’t always pleasant to see the world so clearly, so it only happened once a month.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“I’m the best there is at getting people to talk. You know that. Yes, we could send somebody else out to do it, but would they come back with any information?”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“the while Hoffman would wonder if it had been a mistake to give Elise the job of head homicide detective. And all the while Elise would wonder the same thing. Because, hell yeah, she was jumpy. It wasn’t this Jay Thomas Paul person’s fault. Her reaction simply underscored a problem she hadn’t yet gotten a handle on. Her psych evaluation, which she’d never seen, although she’d love to, probably said something about the psychological ramifications of being taken captive and tortured by a madman. She’d done okay at first, after it was all over. But now she suspected post-traumatic stress disorder was kicking in. She hoped it would eventually kick its way back out. If not, she might have to step down as head of homicide.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“Socrates said the secret of change was to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“her world was so exactly calibrated that anything falling outside her well-defined boundaries failed to light a fire in her.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“always blame himself. And maybe that was the lesson here. Love your kids, no matter who they are and no matter what choices they make. Respect those choices.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“And waking up to a shiny new world always left her with a sense of peace. Silly of her. As if the street sweepers could wash away death.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“drop and pound”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“arms”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“Elise always thought of it as a dark dance. If someone were to overlay the scene with music, the sound would be soft and tender and haunting.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“Love your kids, no matter who they are and no matter what choices they make. Respect those choices.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead

“the secret of change was to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
― Anne Frasier, Pretty Dead