More - Patricia Cornwell Quotes

the case is far from closed.

Patricia Cornwell

 

Jack the Ripper is caught. We have done it together.

Patricia Cornwell

 

The Ripper case is not one to be conclusively solved by DNA or fingerprints, ... and in a way, this is good. Society has come to expect the wizardry of forensic science to solve all crimes, but without the human element of deductive skills, teamwork, very hard investigation, and smart prosecution, evidence means nothing.

Patricia Cornwell

 

If it turns out that something indisputably proved that this notorious killer was someone other than Walter Richard Sickert, I would be the first to offer congratulations and retract my accusations.

Patricia Cornwell

 

They won't get a hotel room on the 25th floor. They know a ladder won't reach that high. So they stay 15 and below. And wherever they go, they're looking for fire exits.

Patricia Cornwell

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Putnam has done a wonderful job for me. Why would I want to be published anywhere else?

Patricia Cornwell

 

On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.

Patricia Cornwell

 American Writer Fire

It's criminal if successful authors don't support literacy. I challenge them all to write a check.

Patricia Cornwell

 

Because if somebody literally proves me wrong not only will I feel horrible about it, but I will look terrible.

Patricia Cornwell

 

Both were cremated so fast. To this day, it really bothers me. One minute they were there; the next minute they weren't. It's like a door that isn't quite closed.

Patricia Cornwell