Curious Minds Quotes

“Three things cannot be long hidden. The sun, the moon, and the truth.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Mystery creates wonder, and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Life is a series of natural changes. Resisting change only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Now it’s my turn,” Riley said. “What’s your first name? Where’d you grow up? Who’s your favorite Batman?”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“a quotation from Seneca, the Roman philosopher. Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Everyone’s childhood is strange. It prepares you for the strangeness of adulthood.” Riley”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“This is the advantage to being an eccentric. Everyone expects you to be eccentric.” Emerson”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Here’s the thing,” Riley said. “I’m not really into diabolical possibilities. I’m more into logical explanations.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“She’d wanted to grow up to be a superhero, and in a left-turn kind of way she felt like she was on track.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“A flock of cardinals in scarlet frocks with tall white miters on their heads came trailing behind him.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“I don’t feel comfortable with that,” Emerson said. “I’m not actually a gun person.” “Guns don’t kill people,” Rollo said. “Pontiac GTOs being pushed off mountains kill people.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“If this was the shortcut, she didn’t want to see the longcut.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Riley reminded herself that she was a professional, and stabbing Emerson with her nail file wouldn’t be appropriate.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Life is a journey, not a destination,” Emerson said. “One must live in the moment.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“White lies are a gray area,”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Life is a series of natural changes. Resisting change only creates sorrow. Let”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,” Emerson said, “we must carry it with us or we find it not.” Werner looked a little uncertain”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Were they passing over Kansas? Missouri? What was the difference? Both flat, dull states, meant to be flown over.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“You had a strange childhood.” “Everyone’s childhood is strange. It prepares you for the strangeness of adulthood.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“You’re his what?” “Amanuensis.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Her oldest brother, Lowell, usually sent her a conspiracy-laden tirade about the government being in cahoots with Big Oil, the Russians, and the Taliban, in no particular order.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Riley had been in the interrogation room for six hours. For most people, this would have been a terrible hardship. Even a few weeks ago, Riley herself would have seen it as a nightmare. Now she just thought it was a nice place to sit down and take a rest. After all, she wasn’t climbing down a rope into a dark cavern or getting pushed over a cliff, tied up in a car.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Did they probe you yet?” Xandy asked Riley. “They always get around to probing you. That’s what the other abductees tell me, anyway.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Um, Emerson?” she said. “I’ve reached the end of my rope.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“She switched the headlamp on and saw bats clinging to the side of the cave inches from her face. Someone whimpered. She supposed it was her. She switched the lamp off and played out the rope, dropping more slowly, trying to control the whimpering.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“You’re going to send me down first?” “I thought you would want to go down first.” “I want to go down never.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Emerson found a smaller length of rope, wrapped it around Riley’s waist, tied it in a knot, and passed it between her legs. “How do you feel?” Emerson asked her. “Like I’m wearing a rope thong.” “That’s an erotic comparison,” Emerson said. “I like it.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“She knew that the Germans were unhappy, but like everyone else, she thought Germans were always unhappy.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“Riley stared at the vest and polo shirt. “Is this necessary?” “Protocol,” Wesley said. Riley tugged the shirt over her head and shoved her arms into the vest. “This isn’t going to be dangerous, is it? The vest is just a formality, right?” “Right,” Emerson said. “There’s nothing to worry about.” One of the men handed Riley an AR-15 assault rifle. “Just in case,” he said.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds

“gold is stored in New York in vaults resting on bedrock, eighty feet below street level. The walls of the vaults are steel-reinforced concrete. The vaults are impenetrable.”
― Janet Evanovich, Curious Minds