The Match Quotes

“That was another key thing she had learned with age: Worry about what you can control. If you can’t control it, let it go. That was her serenity prayer without the serenity.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“The Boomerangs’ motto was an obvious one: Karma is like a boomerang—whatever you give out will come back to you.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“The ugliest truth is better than the prettiest lie.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“the prosecution’s—”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“that”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“in”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“three-bedroom luxury town houses” with a starting price of $299,000. A red banner slashing left to right read: “COMING SOON!” Daniel Carter might have been the foreman or general contractor or whatever you might call the boss, but the man clearly didn’t mind getting his hands dirty. Wilde watched as he led his workers by example. He hammered in a beam. He threw on protective goggles and drilled. He inspected the”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“Newark. When they were near the curb and away from all possible prying ears, Kissell said, “What do you want?” “Why did you pretend to be”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“Don’t listen to their protests: Celebrities want to be recognized. Always. They don’t exist without that.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“if you are deluded and narcissistic enough to believe you should obey your gut rather than looking coldly at the facts,”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“You’re the most trustworthy cop I know,” Wilde said, “and look at how you bent the rules when it came to finding a cop killer.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“gas”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“We want to make people consistent and predictable and simple, but they never are.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“Wilde loved those he cared about fiercely and protectively—and yet he couldn’t live with them or be with them on a steady basis. It is a paradox, a contradiction, and yet that is what most of us are, when we think about it. We want to make people consistent and predictable and simple, but they never are.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“Most people assumed that the vast majority of destructive trolls harassing people were unemployed losers furiously posting from Mommy’s basement, but more often than not, they were educated, employed, financially comfortable enough.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“Worry about what you can control. If you can’t control it, let it go.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“The secret is honey.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match

“A friend of mine used to quote Sherlock Holmes a lot. I don’t remember the exact words, but it warned that you shouldn’t theorize before you have facts because then you twist facts to suit theories rather than the other way around. In short, we don’t know enough.”
― Harlan Coben, The Match