What Have We Done Quotes

“She’s a special person, Natalie. You have to be, to teach. Between the overbearing parents who all think their spawn are gifted, the administrators who’ve never spent a day in the classroom yet constantly change the curriculum, the politicians obsessed with what you can’t teach, and having a master’s degree but being micromanaged like teenage hourlies at McDonald’s.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“You ever watch the Spider-Man movie where three Spideys from different multiverses meet?” she asks the agent. He doesn’t respond. “Yeah, well…” Haley points to her sister, then herself. “Here’s the bad news: Both versions of us are evil.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“No matter how bad the person, we all cling to the days of innocence we remember from our youth. “You and your dad ever…?”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Beauty is a skeleton key that opens almost any door. Don’t take my word for it. Studies show beautiful people make more money than smarter people, get better jobs and promotions than more qualified people, and get lighter sentences than other criminals. Throw in some confidence and manners and there’s no place you can’t go—invited or not.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Don’t take my word for it. Studies show beautiful people make more money than smarter people, get better jobs and promotions than more qualified people, and get lighter sentences than other criminals. Throw in some confidence and manners and there’s no place you can’t go—invited or not.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Wealth and power can hide monsters in plain sight.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“The draw of the game—the thrill that your next hand will be the big one—doesn’t care about race, religion, or socioeconomic status. This Los Angeles crowd doesn’t look so different from those who come to GA meetings in West Virginia.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“At least I don’t hurt girls. You and Mr. Brood.” “Watch yourself.” “No, I think you’d better watch yourself. I know where the bodies are buried, quite literally.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Ned Flanders’s real name was Park Jones. He was a child molester who’d befriended a boy who had easy access to young girls. She thinks of Ben’s handwritten note at the library: BROOD-ROBOT LLC-FAGIN JONES. Ben loved to read; he’d referenced Boo Radley. And Fagin is an infamous character from a Dickens novel—a despicable man who used children to commit his crimes. Flanders used Artemis to lure girls.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“The closest thing Arty had to a father figure, and ultimately a relationship that fostered the technology that supported the then newly emerging social-media sites, technology that made Artemis a rich man by his mid-twenties.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“With her life seemingly over now, Jenna is struck by the fact that this house where she will die instilled something in each of them that helped them reach their full potential.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Arty lied to all of us. Take care of Mia and Bell. Take care of yourself. You’ll always be my brother from another mother.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Now he’s a Benedict Arnold who deserves an ass kickin’.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Maybe if he’d admit that the reason he never reached out to his mom is that he knows the hard reality: that she has no interest in seeing her cowardly son—the one who didn’t protect her.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“I imagine the same thing you’re both doing.” She looks at them both. “Trying to figure out who’s trying to kill us.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“No bosses, no parents, no TV, no social media. It’s peaceful.” He looks ahead at the interstate like he’s taking it in. Like it’s a scenic villa in Italy or some kind of long-hauler’s pilgrimage trail.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“The other reason people borrow money from bankers who wear leather jackets and gold chains and carry brass knuckles.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“These rich dudes who have more money than they’ll ever need, but waste it on flying into space or buying more companies or mansions. They could be Batman, like a real-life superhero, going around finding people in need and changing people’s lives. I don’t get it.” Donnie thinks about Benny, Black Superman.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“That Lara Croft wannabe bitch was also following and backed off when she saw him. It’s not going to take long for the agent to put everything together.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Reeves looks at him with something that resembles pity. Maybe the town’s getting to Reeves. Lord knows it got to the rest of them.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Quit fucking whining. You get paid plenty. As long as you keep washing the cash—and don’t bring any more attention to this place.” Nico listens. The two men”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“couples who mowed their lawns, planted flowers, maintained the exterior of their homes—fought the losing battle of their neighborhood being taken over by drugs and crime.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Maybe,” Artemis says, like a man who knows that money often can shift the paradigm, overcome morals, emotion, sentimentality, even family ties. Particularly with the politicians”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“I can’t believe Derek Brood’s in Congress. What a disgrace.…” Artemis chuckles. “Have you seen Congress lately? There’s more sociopaths and carnival barkers than legislators”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Come on, Nico,” a paparazzo says. “Give us something, don’t be an asshole for once in your life.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“He’ll never forget Mia’s face, twisted with anger, when she called the marshals over. Worse: Bell’s confused expression, unsure why Uncle Donnie was acting this way.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“That she isn’t doing jobs for the money or ideology or the usual reasons.” He pauses. “She’s doing it for the sport.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“You think anyone’s gonna miss a junkie whore’s kid? A kid whose father’s in prison for killing his mom? A kid whose only relatives died in a car wreck? The kid of one of O’Leary’s rejects?”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“Someone is targeting the kids from Savior House. The same someone who extorted her into taking a shot at Artemis.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done

“married, have kids. That wasn’t who he is, he’d told her. Yet here he is with a wife and two kids.”
― Alex Finlay, What Have We Done