“Our relationship is complicated by the fact that I am emotionally retarded.”
―
Chelsea Cain,
Heartsick
“Something about the way she moves through the world does not lend itself to the care of fragile objects.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“Ugly people kill people all the time. But when pretty people did, it got attention.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“Whatever you think this is going to be like," she whispers, "it's going to be worse.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“There will be time to diet when people stopped killing one another.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“But people in masks were always assholes. It was a scientific law. Give someone anonymity and all social niceties break down. The Internet had proven that.” ― Chelsea Cain, Let Me Go
“Debbie often talked about Gretchen as if she was his mistress. But to Archie it sometimes felt like the other way around. As if, by moving back in with his ex-wife, he was cheating on Gretchen.That was probably worthy of bringing up in therapy” ― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart
“If Gretchen had been feeling charitable she would have let me die...I wanted to die. I was ready to die. If she had put a scalpel in my hand, I would have stabbed myself in the neck and happily bled to death right there in her basement. She didn't do me any favours by not killing me. Gretchen enjoys people's pain. And she just found a way to prolong my pain and her pleasure. Believe me, it was the cruellest thing she could have done to me. If she could have thought of something crueller she would have done it. Gretchen doesn't show people mercy.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“Lovely chatting with you, darling, but I've got to run. Face it, you're always more content when you're chasing me than when you have me locked up. I think we're going to have a lot of fun.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“You find that you have lot of time on your hands when you suddenly are not drinking because you are pregnant.” ― Chelsea Cain
“Great. First the anonymous call. Now letters. Body parts all over town. It was like a scavenger hunt for psychos. Running after clues with a half-deranged, serial-killer-obsessed, recovering-addict cop was not a good idea. Then again...” ― Chelsea Cain, Evil at Heart
“I like to think of you not being able to end your suffering,' she said.'I like to think of you not being able to satisfy your blood-lust,' he said.” ― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart
“They were confident and cunning. They weren't mucking around looking for nuclear weapon secret sloppy seconds in America. They could care less about America. They were busy with the whole world domination thing.” ― Ira Levin, Chelsea Cain, The Boys from Brazil
“You're a fucking aberration, sweetheart.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“That woman was always very good at not seeing what was in front of her. In my experience, people who lie to themselves long enough don't even know when they're blind.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“Even the most blatant assholes seemed to function in a state of grace when confronted with the brutal loss of a loved one. They moved through the world differently than other people. When they looked at you, you had the feeling that they were really seeing you. Their entire universe was just this one thing, this one event, this one loss. They seemed, for a few weeks, to have things in perspective. Then the inconsequential shit of their lives would start to seep back in.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“I've had a really bad day," she said to Jack. "Your party sucked. I think my boyfriend and I are breaking up. I got taken hostage by a serial killer. I have spiders in my hair. And you're being a pig-headed asshole. I'm telling you," she added, with a glance over her shoulder at Razor Burn, "if someone points a gun at me again, or threatens me in any way, I'm going to lose it.” ― Chelsea Cain, Let Me Go
“I wanted you to understand right away how committed I am to you...That you are the only one” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“You should have me restrained,' she said. 'I could kill you. You never know when I might have a razor blade tucked up my sleeve.''Why kill me now?' Archie said. 'It would seem anticlimactic.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“Something about the way she moves through the world does not lend itself to the care of fragile objects.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“Ugly people kill people all the time. But when pretty people did, it got attention.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“Whatever you think this is going to be like," she whispers, "it's going to be worse.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“There will be time to diet when people stopped killing one another.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“But people in masks were always assholes. It was a scientific law. Give someone anonymity and all social niceties break down. The Internet had proven that.” ― Chelsea Cain, Let Me Go
“Debbie often talked about Gretchen as if she was his mistress. But to Archie it sometimes felt like the other way around. As if, by moving back in with his ex-wife, he was cheating on Gretchen.That was probably worthy of bringing up in therapy” ― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart
“If Gretchen had been feeling charitable she would have let me die...I wanted to die. I was ready to die. If she had put a scalpel in my hand, I would have stabbed myself in the neck and happily bled to death right there in her basement. She didn't do me any favours by not killing me. Gretchen enjoys people's pain. And she just found a way to prolong my pain and her pleasure. Believe me, it was the cruellest thing she could have done to me. If she could have thought of something crueller she would have done it. Gretchen doesn't show people mercy.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“Lovely chatting with you, darling, but I've got to run. Face it, you're always more content when you're chasing me than when you have me locked up. I think we're going to have a lot of fun.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“You find that you have lot of time on your hands when you suddenly are not drinking because you are pregnant.” ― Chelsea Cain
“Great. First the anonymous call. Now letters. Body parts all over town. It was like a scavenger hunt for psychos. Running after clues with a half-deranged, serial-killer-obsessed, recovering-addict cop was not a good idea. Then again...” ― Chelsea Cain, Evil at Heart
“I like to think of you not being able to end your suffering,' she said.'I like to think of you not being able to satisfy your blood-lust,' he said.” ― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart
“They were confident and cunning. They weren't mucking around looking for nuclear weapon secret sloppy seconds in America. They could care less about America. They were busy with the whole world domination thing.” ― Ira Levin, Chelsea Cain, The Boys from Brazil
“You're a fucking aberration, sweetheart.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“That woman was always very good at not seeing what was in front of her. In my experience, people who lie to themselves long enough don't even know when they're blind.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
“Even the most blatant assholes seemed to function in a state of grace when confronted with the brutal loss of a loved one. They moved through the world differently than other people. When they looked at you, you had the feeling that they were really seeing you. Their entire universe was just this one thing, this one event, this one loss. They seemed, for a few weeks, to have things in perspective. Then the inconsequential shit of their lives would start to seep back in.” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“I've had a really bad day," she said to Jack. "Your party sucked. I think my boyfriend and I are breaking up. I got taken hostage by a serial killer. I have spiders in my hair. And you're being a pig-headed asshole. I'm telling you," she added, with a glance over her shoulder at Razor Burn, "if someone points a gun at me again, or threatens me in any way, I'm going to lose it.” ― Chelsea Cain, Let Me Go
“I wanted you to understand right away how committed I am to you...That you are the only one” ― Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
“You should have me restrained,' she said. 'I could kill you. You never know when I might have a razor blade tucked up my sleeve.''Why kill me now?' Archie said. 'It would seem anticlimactic.” ― Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
