The Pursuit Quotes

“That's why I'm not on social media. People are way too open about their private lives. I don't need to see pictures of what somebody had for lunch or hear about how difficult their last bowel movement was or see on a map where they were when either one happened.”
― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit

“But in my experience, the virtuous are usually the first to die.”
― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit

“You're afraid if you catch this guy, you'll lose the excitement in your life and the goal-oriented sense of purpose that drives you.”
― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit

“peripatetic”
― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit

“It takes two weeks after someone is exposed to smallpox before doctors can detect it or someone shows symptoms. But by then, it’s too late. The sick are already highly infectious, spreading the virus to anyone within ten feet,” Dragan said. “So the epidemic moves in waves, with the number of sick growing exponentially. The only way to stop it is to quarantine the sick and vaccinate everyone else. So that is what the government did. The army sealed off entire towns. Public gatherings were banned across the nation. Ten thousand people suspected of being infected were herded up and quarantined in apartment buildings encircled by barbed wire and armed soldiers. Eighteen million people were vaccinated. The epidemic was over in eight weeks. In the end, only about two hundred people were infected and thirty-five died. It could have been much worse.”
― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit

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― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit

“Every two feet there seemed be another Leonidas chocolate café, the Starbucks of Belgium. The Leonidas cafés were inescapable, so she surrendered and got herself a hot chocolate.”
― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit

“To reach the cathedral’s entrance, Kate had to go down a narrow cobblestone street, a bottleneck of restaurants, coffeehouses, and Leonidas chocolate shops, all crammed tightly together and stuck to the side of the church like barnacles.”
― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit

“She stuffed the goodies into her hidden running belt, jogged out of the park, and went shopping for duct tape, a razor blade, paper clips, and another disposable phone.”
― Janet Evanovich, The Pursuit