Rob Thomas Quotes

Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses.

Excuse me for troubling your capraesque lives with this first-ever note of moral unclarity.

Was it tacky to get a cake during a hostage crisis? What was the protocol? She pictured chocolate frosting with white lettering: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER ISN’T DEAD. But this year was her fiftieth, a year with a zero. Veronica had to do something. So on her way to the condo she’d swung by a bakery and picked up a small German chocolate cake. It was her mom’s favorite — or at least it had been, a decade ago.-page 218 of The Thousand Dollar Tan Line

I'm the flame I can't get burnt

I swear, you are the only person I know who makes decisions based on what will provide the best material for a diary.

Can you help me? I'm bent, I'm so scared that I'll never get put back together.

It's a noir world. Unfair things happen.

We're all looking for something, something to be.

If she's a prostitute, it's not rape so much as shoplifting, right?

Salinger, Plath, Toole, the literature of choice for the brooding outcast.

Congratulations, Veronica. You just ordered your first call girl.

When we lose faith in our officers of the law, it harms all of as. It cripples our criminal justice system. It threatens the most vulnerable parts of our community. It allows money and power to subvert justice.

Everyone's trusting in their hearts, like their heart don't lie

The words hit, a sucker punch that first inspired pain, then a powerful impulse to strike back.

We certainly strive for reality in terms of asking our audience to believe the motivations, reactions, and behavior of our characters, but do I know when Veronica has time to do her homework? Not really.