Rob Thomas Quotes

Not that I like having my direst preconceptions about humanity confirmed or anything. But I was right.

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

Oh, I guess you wouldn’t know, since you left the actual investigating for me to do. Well, buckle up, my friend, because I’m about to hand you actual clues to an actual crime, wrapped in a bow.

Her strategy for honoring the dead had always been to take action - solve the mystery, punish the criminal. But what did you do when there was no one to punish? When there were no answers to find? How do you assimilate that kind of loss without losing your mind?

Loose lips sink ships, Mr. Kiss and Tell.

In Vegas, the veneer of glamor was bright but thin. You didn't have to look that hard to see the darker realities that lurked beneath the surface.

"You always have a choice," she spat. "You fight until you see you're beaten, and then you keep on fighting."

She already knew that he’d decided to leave — knew before he opened his mouth to speak. But for one last minute, she could pretend that he was hers to keep. For one last minute, she held him, and let him hold her.

But sometimes the lies we let ourselves believe are for our own good.

Chatty, defensive, observant. My new favorite witness.

This is seriously threatening my hardboiled persona,” Veronica said, “because I have never wanted to squee so badly in my life.

Ah, the twin pillars of outrage journalism: slut shaming and victim blaming.

For one ridiculous moment she considered changing into something sexier — at least from the waist up, as that was all he’d see on his camera — but decided not to bother. Logan had fallen in love with her in striped T-shirts and jeans. There was no need to mess with a winning formula.

"How hard do you think it'd be to hack into the database of a major research university?"
Mac hesitated. "Since you're asking me on a cell phone, in front of God and the NSA- impossible."

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