Hope is cruel. Hope reminds me of what almost was. Hope makes the physical ache return.
Harlan CobenThe rule of thumb in student files seemed to be, "If you have nothing negative to say, don't say anything at all.
Harlan CobenI have learned that human beings are all about incentives
Harlan CobenIt was all so damn fragile, that was the thing. Obvious, for sure,but for the most part we block - we refuse to think about how easily our lives could be torn asunder, because when we recognize it, we lose our minds. The ones who are fearful all the time, who need to medicate to function? It is because they understand the reality, how thin the line is. It isn't that they can't accept the truth - its that they can't block it.
Harlan CobenThey say possesions own you. Not so. Loved ones own you. You are forever held hostage once you care so much.
Harlan CobenWhy do humans never really learn the lessons we are supposed to? What is in our makeup, in fact, that draws us to that which should sicken us?
Harlan CobenAmbition is natural when you don't have anything. You know what you're driving for.
Harlan CobenWe all play God every day. When a woman buys a new pair of expensive shoes, she could have spent that same money feeding someone who was starving. In a sense, those shoes mean more to her than a life. We all kill to make our lives more comfortable. We don't put it in those terms. But we do.
Harlan CobenThe sad songs are a safe hurt. It's a diversion. It's controlled. And maybe it helps you imagine that real pain will be like that. But it's not. Lucy knows that, of course. You can't prepare for real pain. You just have to let it rip you apart.
Harlan CobenThe sun was now in its death throes, bruising the sky a coiling purple and orange.
Harlan CobenTag: sunset
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