Dead End Girl Quotes

“energy. Just consciousness. Here on the physical plane, we all have our little shard of the great soul in our skulls. That’s the divine spark that makes us all who we are, you know? But the pieces can feel that they’re apart from the whole, that they’re sealed off from everyone by a layer of flesh and bone. We can feel that something in our lives is missing. That we are somehow incomplete. And that creates the tension in us that drives us to endless conflict.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“room,”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“We can feel that something in our lives is missing. That we are somehow incomplete. And that creates the tension in us that drives us to endless conflict. Drives some of us to the worst kinds of madness.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“Burying the truth is what will break you. You stack up layer after layer of denial, and eventually, you buckle under the weight of it.” The”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“The reality is that when someone dies, there are always regrets. Those of us who remain can’t help but wonder what we could have done differently. And how things may have ended up if we had.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“That we are somehow incomplete. And that creates the tension in us that drives us to endless conflict. Drives some of us to the worst kinds of madness.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“It was dead out.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“The .22 isn’t powerful enough to push out a fist-sized wad of brain from a gaping exit wound. But it was easy to conceal. And at close range like this, it did the job.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“The reality is that when someone dies, there are always regrets.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“control. If you cross that threshold into his territory, you will be dealt with. Even if that only means you’ll be barked at a few times.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“A strong face someone puts on. Grief makes you feel vulnerable. And there are a lot of people that would rather appear apathetic than weak.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“Sorry. I was thinking about my pets. Two cats and a dog. Haven’t seen them for weeks now. This whole thing reminds me of them, I guess. My cats are all over me when I’m the only human around. Jumping up on the couch to get pet. Screeching at me to get fed. So on. But if anyone else comes over — a stranger, I mean — they run and hide under the bed for hours. “The dog is just the opposite. He charges to the door to confront any would-be intruder on his turf. He smells the guest, looks them straight in the eye, sizes up the situation face to face and only then will he calm down. “It’s two different ways of looking at the world, you know? A cat sees individuals above all else. Almost like an artist’s point of view, I think. She sees everything through the lens of individuals and relationships. If something disrupts that intricate web of connections — such as a stranger’s presence — she’ll disengage and keep to herself a while. “A dog sees territory to control. He’s cognizant of individuals, but his primary concern is controlling his environment in a direct, assertive way. He wants to feel in control. If you cross that threshold into his territory, you will be dealt with. Even if that only means you’ll be barked at a few times.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“the little train case”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“Sometimes you think people are your friends, but…” Sierra said, wiping at her cheek. “No one cares.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“All red and green and ancient like Freddy Kruger himself did the interior decorating circa 1984.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“And wasn’t that what these girls were to him? Human garbage? Disposable pieces of flesh and bone? Just here for him to consume and then throw out when he’s finished.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“On the simplest level, a battle of good and evil still existed in the world. People did unspeakable things to each other. Rape. Murder. Human trafficking. Mankind devoured itself the same way it always had. The same way it always would. The big ones ate the little ones. The monsters defiled the meek.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“be alive in some way. Sentient. But nothing happens. A big breath sucks into his lungs. And he turns his head away from the scene of the fall.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“Angeles”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“Burying the truth is what will break you. You stack up layer after layer of denial, and eventually, you buckle under the weight of it.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“Lately, she’d begun to question her decision to leave her position as a victim specialist. Violet Darger had spent her first four years at the FBI in the Office for Victim Assistance before giving up her position to become an agent trainee. She knew her colleagues thought she was nuts for making the move. Victim specialist jobs were highly competitive. To give that up… to start over at the bottom of the special agent chain was something almost everyone had counseled against. Not that she’d asked for their advice. “Impulsive” was the word her former supervisor had used. That was almost two years ago now, and she’d brushed them off at the time. They didn’t understand. She didn’t expect them to.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“Novotny’s gibberish had cut out, and now he would no longer speak when addressed. McAdoo knew that much for sure. He must be passed out. That’s all it was. He had passed out, but they’d fix him up soon. The doctors would patch him right up. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“A dog sees territory to control. He’s cognizant of individuals, but his primary concern is controlling his environment in a direct, assertive way.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“All around the globe the human body is a commodity. In every country. In every city. That’s all it is. A thing to be used up for an owner’s gain. Sold. Consumed.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“There are so many objects all around us, he thinks, and yet this world is utterly, utterly empty.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“She’d wanted to be a dancer, and then she’d wanted to be a beautician. Instead, her whole life led to this. Belly down in the weeds. Head hacked off.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“that he’ll come back? No. But the odds are that he feels a compulsion to do so, even if he suspects we might be watching.” He winced a little, the pain in his gut flaring as he”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“A good thing, too. It was always easier to talk to a witness when they were breathing.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“The band squeezed her skull like an old man trying to find a ripe cantaloupe in the produce department.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl

“I guess that means The Elbow Room is out, then?” she said with a smirk. “Yeah, if I know Porto, he’s downing tequila shots and insisting they fire up the karaoke machine so he can get pumped up for tomorrow.” “Good God,” Darger said. “I can’t believe we’re going to miss that.” Casey winked at her. “Another time, Agent.”
― L.T. Vargus, Dead End Girl