Cold Hearted Quotes

“Rape was a crime of hate and dominance, not uncontrollable lust.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“the sniper’s mantra—slow, smooth, straight, steady, and squeeze.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“Erin swallowed tightly against the sadness that welled up inside her. It wasn’t just the victim who suffered—although they suffered the most—but the people who loved them floundered too.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“We all have demons, Erin. Sometimes we chase them, sometimes they chase us.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“The media was gathering for the statement the chief planned to make after their team meeting later. She wanted to tell them all to piss off and let her do her job. Probably why she wasn’t in charge of public relations.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“There’s always room for error, but at an average temp of 72F, the body stays about the same temp for the first hour after death, then decreases 1-1.5 degrees per hour thereafter. I adjusted for when the cops arrived and the resultant decrease in ambient temperature when you guys left the doors open at around three. I took my own readings and compared them to the local weather station.” Math and death. Odd bedfellows.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“He’d stolen her heart, and she’d broken his. How the hell could anything be worth the pain that was bound to follow?”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“Five tours, but he was living on the streets? Darsh believed in personal responsibility, but what the fuck? What was wrong with this country that they didn’t take care of their veterans better than this? “I”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“I know it’s stupid. I know I should own it. But, gah, I don’t want you thinking I sleep around.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“Being a sniper was all about leaving emotion behind and becoming a killing machine. Her”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“People think my identity is somehow rooted in my family being Indian, but it’s not. I’ve never been to India. I speak the language, but I also speak Farsi and French. I grew up in Britain and moved to the US. My cultural identity is wrapped up in soccer and Coronation Street, baseball and in necking with a hot blonde in the backseat of my daddy’s car. The only time I ever realize I’m different is when other people point it out.” “Bias”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“I don’t like being the weak simpering female asking for the big strong men for help—unless it’s my dad and brothers.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“Sometimes people didn’t fight at all. They shut down and waited for it to be over. It was probably the strongest survival instinct when faced with someone stronger, and more violent.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“The fact he was still furious about sleeping with a married woman spoke of higher morals than she possessed.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“God,...you have lousy taste in men...I should be insulted...

I'm trying to improve my batting average,...no pressure.

Pretty sure I can beat two duds.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“I'm sure, baby. Take whatever you want. As much as you want. For as long as you want.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“Only if it's as good as last time...

Nothing could be as good as last time.

Then we better brace ourselves for disappointment. Or die trying.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“It's not illegal to be celibate.

It should be, for someone who looks like you.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“Toni donates 15% of her royalties from EDGE OF SURVIVAL to diabetes research—to find out why, read the book!”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“She screamed as it hit, pain exploding through frost-deadened nerves even as darkness engulfed her. *”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“The secret might have destroyed her, but so had the truth.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted

“God, she was so blonde sometimes.”
― Toni Anderson, Cold Hearted