Quotes by Patricia Cornwell

A part of me expects more of my only sister....Dorothy has always been exactly who she is, and for me to hope for anything better reminds me of a quote attributed to Einstein: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Dorothy is predictable. She does the same thing repeatedly and expects not a different result but the same one she got the last time she did whatever she wants with little regard for anyone else. So maybe shes the sane one....

I was a small insect faced with a formidable male network web in which I might be ensnared but never a part.

Be careful who you choose for an enemy because that is who you become most like, Anna tosses Nietzsches quote up into the air. She serves up words she has heard me say in the past.

Leaves covered pavement like soggy cereal.

rights are honored only in the breach. most people dont get agents or cops assigned to them until theyre already raped or dead.

When what we believe we’ve mastered is no longer predictable we’re not fine. The world suddenly is a very scary place. It loses its charm.

Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.

On the last morning of Virginias bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

“rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying.”