Twenty Years Later Quotes

“when a loved one dies young your perception of them is placed in a time capsule. You’re only able to remember them as they were then, not as they would be today.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Stop sitting there like a prom queen who shit her dress.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Because if there was one thing that spurred the public’s interest even more than watching the birth of a young starlet rising to fame, it was watching them fall from grace. Schadenfreude had become the new American pastime.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Love or the law. They’re man’s only two problems in this world.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“We were best friends.” “Meaning?” “Meaning if she called and said she was in trouble, I’d show up with body bags and an alibi.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“styrene came from the plastic applicator of a tampon. The chloroform is an anesthetic because, you know, women push babies out of their bodies but corporations don’t believe they’re tough enough to handle a tampon. Glyphosate is a pesticide used in cotton crops that, sadly, finds its way into cotton tampons. And finally, the triclosan is used as a preservative to prevent contamination.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Necesitaba estar concentrada. Necesitaba estar en su mejor forma. No podía permitirse ninguna distracción cuando entrara en la guarida del león. El señor Germaine era conocido por acorralar a sus empleados con más talento y coaccionarlos para que aceptaran acuerdos con los que no habían planeado comprometerse.”
― Charlie Donlea, Engaño perfecto

“Era una gala anual en la impresionante finca frente al mar del jefe, donde se celebraba el éxito, se ostentaba la riqueza y se difundía la idea de que con dedicación, trabajo duro y lealtad, todo era posible para los pocos y selectos invitados.”
― Charlie Donlea, Engaño perfecto

“inacción conductual”, un síntoma descrito por los expertos en supervivencia que habían sido consultados para el episodio. También llamado “desajuste de la expectativa”, era la respuesta de la mente a una situación traumática. El cerebro intenta correlacionar la situación actual con una experiencia conocida del pasado. Mientras el lóbulo frontal queda preso en círculos repetitivos, tratando infructuosamente de encontrar una situación similar desde la cual trabajar, el cuerpo se paraliza y espera instrucciones de la mente. Se trata de la ciencia detrás del proverbial fenómeno del “ciervo frente a las luces de un coche”.”
― Charlie Donlea, Engaño perfecto

“He was too smart to believe anything good would come from this night, but too stupid to stay away.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“This story, though, the 9/11 victim being identified, I think it has the power to draw a huge audience but in a more personal way. We're all connected in different ways to 9/11. We all remember where we were when we watched the scene unfold on television.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“In the end, evidence doesn’t care about your feelings”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“be”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“timeframe,”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“It's not rambling if you have a captive audience.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Not hiding. Just enjoying the ambiance. It must be amazing to have the ocean as your neighbor.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“of iconic Lake Norman,”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“From invention is born progress
From reinvention is born freedom
—Anonymous”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“him. He realized that the memories had not so much faded and disappeared, but had instead been warehoused. Stored away and slowly covered by the dust of life—the accumulation of years and the distractions that accompanied them. But as he flipped through the pages of the file now, he was transformed back into that twenty-eight-year-old kid who had found himself in the middle of a homicide investigation that was about to capture the attention of the nation.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Think of your best friend. If she were convicted of murder, would you believe she was guilty?” “Absolutely. She can be a vindictive bitch.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“There’s a saying around these parts that if you want all your secrets uncovered, run for public office.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“It was nice to forget. For just a moment, she was free.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Where men may retreat in paranoia at the sight of a woman crying, women pounce on the opportunity to help.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“The woman spent her life waiting for tragedies—car accidents and gunshot wounds. It was a hell of a way to live, but Walt was glad for her calling. She had saved his life.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“name”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Schadenfreude had become the new American pastime.”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“The Perfect Murder A Peg Perugo novel EPILOGUE”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“Do they think I’m naive, or just really bad at math? Or”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“checked”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later

“fingerprints,”
― Charlie Donlea, Twenty Years Later