Robert Crais Quotes

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A dog could see your heart in your eyes, Budress told him, and dogs were drawn to our hearts.

Robert Crais
Some of us find our way with a single light to guide us; others lose themselves even when the star field is as sharp as a neon ceiling. Ethics may not be situational, but feelings are. We learn to adjust, and, over time, the stars we use to guide ourselves come to reside within rather than without.

Robert Crais
Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise, but all you are is a child yourself in a larger body. Nothing is ever what it seems. The things that you think you know are never certain. I know that now. I wish that I didn't, but I do.

Robert Crais
Pike put down the cat. He slid from Pike's arms like molasses and puddled at his feet.

Robert Crais
It's easy to sound good. All you do is leave in the parts where you act tough and forget the parts where you get shoved around.

Robert Crais
People want you to be ordinary. They don't like it when people are different. They don't like it when a man soars over their heads while they stand in the dirt. People hate you when you're special; it reminds them of everything that they aren't

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She asked me why I always had something flip to say. I said that I didn't know, but having been blessed with the gift, I felt obliged to use it.

Robert Crais
Lucy took a single plain donut from the bag and held it for me to take a bite. Tender and light and still warm from the frying. Not too sugary.

Robert Crais