Shallow Graves Quotes

“wasn’t Ruth coming onto the roof to collect her daughter. There was just no way the old crone could be that nimble. Besides, this figure was larger, much larger, and had a thick brown mustache and dark pockets encircling even darker eyes. Eyes like Patricia’s. It was the man whose picture was up on the mantle beside Ruth’s; it was James Harlop. Robert was tempted to close his eyes, to will all of this nonsense away, when a thunderclap brought him back. He suddenly felt dizzy, caught between two worlds. His senses were telling him that this was real, that there really was a girl on the roof with”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves

“Landon cut out early, had some business to attend to.” The man gnashed the gum obnoxiously. “You finish the Butternut file?”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves

“the longer she spent in the basement, the more she became accustomed to these nightmarish things, adapted to them, even. She was amazed how the human body could adapt, but what the girl, even at her young age, quickly came to realize was that the proclivity for the human mind”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves

“noon or midnight, there was just no way for her to know. She had tried to get out, of course. The first few days that she had been trapped down there, she had done everything she could to try to escape. But her efforts had only ended in tearing her fingernails off and making her voice raw from shouting. She had started with screaming,”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves

“impossible to tell—the basement had no windows, no light. It could have been noon or midnight, there was just no way for her to know. She had tried to get out, of course. The first few days that she had been trapped down there, she had done everything she could to try to escape. But her efforts had only ended in tearing her fingernails off and making her voice raw from shouting. She had started with screaming, demanding to be let out, but when this had gone unanswered, she’d soon regressed to passionate pleas, desperate sobs, and eventually to apologies.”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves

“The printing finished—eighty-nine pages in under a minute—before he even made it there. A quick glance to check that the pages were collated properly, then he slipped a wide clip on the top left-hand corner. Then he put the report into the folder marked Butter and Squash Produce.”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves

“just wanted to try and start over, you know? For me and Amy?” Cal raised an eyebrow inquisitively at this. “Well, yeah, I mean the place is huge… I get it. I won’t lie to you, Cal—I wanted the money from this place. Need”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves

“completely”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves