Patricia Cornwell Quotes

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• I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.

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  Technology, People, Crime

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• Life brings with it strangeness and surprises and upsets

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  Upset, Surprise, Strangeness

  Patricia Cornwell (2011). “Patricia Cornwell FIVE SCARPETTA NOVELS”, p.2195, Penguin

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• I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

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  Believe, Roots, Evil

  "Crime does pay". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2001.

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• If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

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  Trying, World, Better Place

  "Crime does pay" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2001.

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• I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

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  Medicine, People, Interesting

  "Crime Novelist Patricia Cornwell on Blood, 'Boundaries' and Her Next Book" by Lauren Effron, abcnews.go.com. December 6, 2011.

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• I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself.

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  Blood, Needs, Attention

  "Crime Novelist Patricia Cornwell on Blood, 'Boundaries' and Her Next Book" by Lauren Effron, abcnews.go.com. December 6, 2011.

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• Do no harm & leave the world a better place than you found it.

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  World, Found, Harm

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• Thoughts are odd misfires.

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  Odd

  Patricia Cornwell (2001). “The Last Precinct: Scarpetta”, p.36, Penguin

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• When I was at college there were two things I vowed I'd never do. One was go to a funeral and the other was deal with computers. And then I ended up being a computer programmer in a morgue.

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  College, Two, Funeral

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We create our own worlds. We destroy our own worlds. It is that simple.

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  Simple, World

  Patricia Cornwell (2001). “The Last Precinct: Scarpetta”, p.44, Penguin

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• I hate the term "mystery". That's not what I write. I think the Scarpetta novels are much more character-driven than an average puzzle solver. Writing should be like a pane of glass - there's another world on the other side and your vision carries you there, but you're not aware of having passed through a barrier to get there.

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  Hate, Character, Writing

  "This much I know: Patricia Cornwell". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. November 28, 2009.

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• Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.

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  Smart, Giving, Advice

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• In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case.

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  Smart, Firsts, Cases

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• Survival my only hope. Success my only revenge

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  Revenge, Survival

  Patricia Cornwell (2009). “Postmortem”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve.

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  Gay, Complicated, Aspect

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• America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel to other countries. They ask, Why are there so many shootings in America? Why does everyone own a gun?

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  Country, Gun, America

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• First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty.

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  Doe, Firsts, Death Penalty

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• I wouldn't want to assume that all men are like you. If I did, I know I would give them up entirely

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  Men, Giving, Want

  Patricia Cornwell (2010). “The Body Farm: Scarpetta 5”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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• rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying.

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  Rain, Science, Night

  Patricia Cornwell (2009). “Four Scarpetta Novels”, p.415, Penguin

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• To almost die is to know that one day you will, and to never again feel the same about anything.

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  One Day, Feels, Knows

  Patricia Cornwell (2010). “The Body Farm: Scarpetta 5”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't cure a chipped plate. All you can do is live with it or throw it out.

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  Cures, Plates, Can Do

  Patricia Cornwell (2011). “Red Mist”, p.212, Hachette UK

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• My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.

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  Worst Case Scenario, Missing, Cases

  "Crime does pay". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2001.

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• In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

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  Optimism, Good Health, Wanted

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• Grief was like a seizure that shook me like a storm.

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  Grief, Storm, Seizures

  Patricia Cornwell (2007). “The Body Farm”, Berkley

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• Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do.

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  Powerful, Powerful Women, Murder

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