The Night Shift Quotes

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Nico's a good man, but like many men, he treats pregnant women like fragile flowers. They overlook the fact that, over the course of history, through famines, epidemics, and other extreme conditions, women survived longer and better than men. Having babies? A walk in the park next to what most men could endure. But whatever”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“There’s a quote she’s always loved. She can’t remember who said it. Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes. She decides she’s going to stand her ground even if her voice shakes.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“He’s so tired of the drug war, which is really just a war on broken people, many who’ve suffered childhood trauma. Locking them up does nothing.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“I assume the FBI doesn’t send agents to extend thoughts and prayers, so what can I do for you, Special Agent Keller?”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“She studies Jesse. If she’s not guilty, she’s going to make one hell of a journalist someday. Ella also has a feeling that there is much more she doesn’t know about this girl. Things she may not want to know.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“All these years, he was a monster in plain sight”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“The ingenuity of criminals never ceases to amaze. It also dumbfounds her - why don't the smart ones take their talents and go legit?”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Keller thinks about this. It makes sense. A trauma survivor wanting to help other trauma survivors”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“You don’t fuck around. I can count on one hand how many people would’ve had the stones to ask me that question.” “Hal, I didn’t mean to—” Hal holds up a hand. “Don’t you dare back down.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“But, looking at Atticus, the earnest detective who took a keen interest in the cold case on his own time, even before the ice cream store tragedy, Keller hopes she’s wrong.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“He’s so tired of the drug war, which is really just a war on broken people, many who’ve suffered childhood trauma. Locking them up does nothing. Plenty of people in the system want to help. But his clients are like an army from a zombie movie. Help one, and a hundred more appear.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Climbing out of the car, she decides the fuck-me heels are a bit much. She reaches back for her gym bag, pulls out her sneakers.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“In the movies, the detectives always end up interviewing witnesses at a strip club, and it seemed like it would be pretty cool. But this is awful.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“It's not like Phyllis to be at a loss for words. Her wealth has given her the confidence, no, the sense of entitlement to say whatever comes to mind, without filter”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“A good boss deletes annoyed messages before sending them”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“He turns to the back room. The door has a sign that reads, ICE CREAM MAKERS ONLY. Inside is a small space with commercial freezers and shelves packed with supplies. Stacks of napkins, cartons of plastic spoons, boxes of straws. “All three employees were lined up facedown on the floor.” Keller studies the area. No items seem out of place. No signs of a struggle. But three pools of blood stain the carpet.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“I know because Katie McKenzie was my birth mother.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Goodnight, pretty girl.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. —ERNEST HEMINGWAY, A Farewell to Arms”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Then something terrifying happens, some Silence of the Lambs–level shit.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“The office is empty save for the cleaning woman, who wears earbuds and occasionally belts out a tune while emptying the trash bins.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Her mother can push Ella’s buttons like no other.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Under his breath Atticus asks Keller, “You ever see the movie Office Space?” “No, why?” “Never mind.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Ten minutes later, they’re at the front door to Kitten’s Gentleman’s Club, though Keller doubts there are any gentlemen inside.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“Really, I’m fine, but thanks for checking. How’s Clint doing? Feeling okay?” “You know him. The doctor tells him to take it easy, so he’s out there building a shed in the garden.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“She leans in and their lips touch. She feels electricity through every part of her. When they pull away, he has a dopey look on his face. He inhales through his nose, like he's taking in the moment.
"Nirvana," he says quietly.
"What?"
"Nevermind, I'll see you tonight.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“What did Vince say about the girl?"
"Pardon?" Chris says.
"That night. You said Vince was talking about a girl. What did he say?"....
"He said she was special. She smelled different."
"Smelled?"
He nods. "Vince always said we'd get out. Escape from our dad. Our world would smell different too."
Ella swallows. Her eyes are wet. "He had a name for it." Chris takes a pull of his drink. He's about to say it, when Ella does it for him.
"Nirvana," she says.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“But no matter how hard he tries, no matter how many Mondays arrive and he swears things will be different, he mostly phones it in.”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

“People who virtue-signal are much more likely to have what they call the ‘dark triad’ of personality traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy”
― Alex Finlay, The Night Shift