“Watch out for people who belong in your past. Don’t let ’em back in your life.” — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
We all think that we are uniquely complex, that no one can see what we are thinking - yet we also believe… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Its funny how you can let yourself forget for seconds, how even in the heat of the horrible, you can have moments… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“They say it takes a long time to comprehend a tragedy. You're numb. You can't adequately accept the grim reality. Again, that's… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“The two Crabfest eaters pulled out bills one at a time. Then they each opened their change purse as though it were… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“Dreams never die. Sometimes you think they are dead, but they are just hibernating lie some old bear. And, if the dream… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I used to wonder why Lucy liked those songs so much. You know what I mean? She sits in the dark and… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I remember one time I heard this English professor asking the class what the world's scariest noise is. Is it a man… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“We are often told during times of bereavement that time heals all wounds. That's crap. In truth, you are devastated, you mourn,… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I love to fool you once, I love to fool you twice, I love to fool you a third time. And just… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
But sometimes, maybe most times, it isn't that clear. It is dark and you are near the edge of a cliff, but… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“There are those rare moments in life- when you feel that jolt and it feels great and it hurts like hell, but… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“There should have been a dark whisper in the wind. Or maybe a deep chill in the bone. Something. An ethereal song… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“I kept glancing at her animated face, scrunched up as though imitating an adult. I got hit with that overwhelming feeling. It… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“There are various theories about why the years seem to pass faster as you get older. The most popular is also the… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“There are various theories about why the years seem to pass faster as you get older. The most popular is also the… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“By the time Myron was forced to return, their clients were scattering into the night like kitchen help during an immigration bust.” — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“Natalie had what I'd call a slow beauty, the kind you don't really notice at first and then it knocks you back… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer,… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“He flipped through the music stations as he drove, searching for some nonexistent perfect song that would be, as Stevie Nicks might sing, “hauntingly… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
I like to see the difference between good and evil as kind of like the foul line at a baseball game. It's very thin,… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
“Awareness started to creep in, clawing its way past the pain and numbness. He was lying on cold ground, his right cheek on a… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
“The words kept landing like punches, dazing Adam, sapping his resistance, leaving him shaken and confused and ready to take a standing eight count.… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
“Making friends?” Tripp asked. “I’m a people person,” Adam said. “You know he’s the VP of the board, right?” “I must remember to genuflect… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
