Why Kill the Innocent Quotes

“Is he dead?" [Hero Devlin]
Alexi knelt in the snow beside the still body. "Not yet. But he will be soon."
Hero sucked in a deep breath tainted with the stench of fresh blood and burning fur. "Good."
Alexi looked up at her. "Your muff is on fire."
"Drat," said Hero, dropping the flaming fur into the melting snow. "I just purchased it.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent

“We like to believe the world arcs towards justice--I suppose because it reassures us and makes us think there's some sort of order to our existence. but what if we're wrong? What if it's All meaningless chaos and chance?”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent

“So, which of the two men do you think is telling the truth?" Sebastian asked, his gaze on her profile. "Van der Pals? Or Vescovi?"

She shook her head, "I'm not convinced either of them is. Although if I had to put money on one or the other, I'd pick the Italian harpist over the decorative Dutch courtier any day.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent

“The truth is frequently more dangerous than a lie.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent