Pieces of Her Quotes

“Love doesn't keep you in a constant state of turmoil. It gives you peace.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“When somebody dies, you forget they're an asshole.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. —Mexican Proverb”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“Men can always reinvent themselves,” Laura said. “For women, once you’re a mother, you’re always a mother.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“She had dozens, even hundreds, of friends, but not one single person knew all of the pieces of her.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“Men never have to be uncomfortable around women. Women have to be uncomfortable around men all of the time.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“You’ve fallen into the habit of feeling low. You can get used to anything, especially bad things. But the only direction now is up. You can’t fall off the floor.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“She had to start making decisions rather than having life make decisions for her.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“She had always believed—vehemently, with great conviction—that the only way to change the world was to destroy it.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“Age is a cruel punishment for youth.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“You are magnificent because you are so uniquely you”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“I'm not choosing anybody but myself.' Jane was sick of men thinking they could give her ultimatums.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“He narrows your life. That’s what men like Nick do. They pull you away from everything you love so that they are the only thing you focus on.” Laura felt the need to add, “If you let them.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“He beat the shit out of you. That’s not love.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“It was a truth universally acknowledged that your mother was the only person in the world who could say, “Your hair looks nice,” but what you heard was, “Your hair always looks awful except for this one, brief moment in time.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“sick of floating between disaster points like an amoeba inside a petri dish.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“As perhaps the Russians would tell us, ‘When money speaks, the truth keeps silent.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“Personality shots,” her roommates used to call the first drinks of the night. Liquid courage. Whatever you called it, the point was to turn off the voice in your head that reminded you of everything wrong in your life.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“If you love music—really, truly, love music—then you play it for yourself.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“How had her mother fallen in with these idiots?”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“If you can’t play the music people appreciate, then you play the music that they love.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“Love doesn’t keep you in a constant state of turmoil. It gives you peace.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“Jazz isn’t about the notes, it’s about the melodic expression. Less practice, more emotion. With classical, there’s a wall between you and the audience. With jazz, it’s a shared journey.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“I felt a cleaving in my Mind— As if my Brain had split— I tried to match it—Seam by Seam— But could not make them fit.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“We know that spree killings aren’t usually spur of the moment. They’re well-planned, well-executed operations that tend to get worked over in the back of the killer’s mind until something—an event like a break-up or an impending life change like going off to college—jumpstarts the plan. The first victim is generally a close female,”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“A week before the fair, Andy had to turn in all of her notes and photographs to Dr. Finney to prove that she had actually done all of the work herself. She was laying out the dubious evidence on the teacher’s desk when Cleet Laraby walked in. Andy had to clasp together her hands to keep them from trembling when Cleet stopped to look at the photos. “Meg Ryan,” Cleet said. “I dig it. Blow up the bitch, right?” Andy felt a cold slice of air cut open her lips. “My girlfriend loves that stupid movie. The one with the angels?” Cleet showed her the sticker on his backpack. “They wrote that shitty song for the soundtrack, man. That’s why I keep this here, to remind me never to sell out my art like those faggots.” Andy didn’t move. She couldn’t speak. Girlfriend. Stupid. Shitty. Man. Faggots.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“You are the reason I am alive. I would’ve never made it without you. Do you understand me? You are my heart. You are every ounce of blood in my body.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“If I can’t play music that people appreciate, then I want to play music that people love.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“Jane knew he was telling the truth, just as she knew that Nick was a surgeon when it came to transplanting his ideas onto other people’s tongues.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“The shooting. It had a name now, an after that calved her life away from the before.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her