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> [“But just as no one really knows what it is like to be a mother until she holds her first child, no one who hadn't felt the sudden loss of a child could ever even approximate the stabbing ache that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/but-just-as-no-one-really-knows-what-it-is-like-to-be-a-mother-until/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

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## More by Gregg Olsen

> [Some of this story is completely true. And some of it isn't. Like truth, evil comes in all sorts of flavors. Some bitter. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/some-of-this-story-is-completely-true-and-some-of-it-isn-t-like-truth/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“Her daughter's comment amused Emily. 'I didn't know stalking could be a group activity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/her-daughter-s-comment-amused-emily-i-didn-t-know-stalking-could-be-a/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [Why you need a reason for everything? Reason is something people say to make sense of things that don't make sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/why-you-need-a-reason-for-everything-reason-is-something-people-say/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“Beetles never stop. They gnaw silently and relentlessly. Guilt is like that too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/beetles-never-stop-they-gnaw-silently-and-relentlessly-guilt-is-like/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“She was only fifteen! What is the matter with these kids today? Can't they wait to have sex until they get their driver's license…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/she-was-only-fifteen-what-is-the-matter-with-these-kids-today-can-t/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“If she pleaded not guilty, David said she could suggest that the boy had been the agressor, or maybe it was all some teenage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/if-she-pleaded-not-guilty-david-said-she-could-suggest-that-the-boy/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“I was free. Free also means nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/i-was-free-free-also-means-nothing/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“And he'd kill Lily Ann Denton, put her in the trunkm and go to arbys. God. he was hungry. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/and-he-d-kill-lily-ann-denton-put-her-in-the-trunkm-and-go-to-arbys/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“But just as no one really knows what it is like to be a mother until she holds her first child, no one who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/but-just-as-no-one-really-knows-what-it-is-like-to-be-a-mother-until/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [If only these walls could talk…the world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth in a story in which everyone’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/if-only-these-walls-could-talk-the-world-would-know-just-how-hard-it/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“I'd tell my mother to, you know, go you-know-what herself and I would go help those children. They're in an orphanage and they've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/i-d-tell-my-mother-to-you-know-go-you-know-what-herself-and-i-would/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“He always told his girl, "If only these walls could talk... the world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/he-always-told-his-girl-if-only-these-walls-could-talk-the-world/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“And he'd kill Lily Ann Denton, put her in the trunkm and go to arbys. Godm he was hungry. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/and-he-d-kill-lily-ann-denton-put-her-in-the-trunkm-and-go-to-arbys-2/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“touching on the points of two lives that had once intersected, and were now reunited.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/touching-on-the-points-of-two-lives-that-had-once-intersected-and/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

> [“She looked at ways to quantify life. Analytic in nature, her head almost always overruled her heart. Love it? Hate it? She wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-olsen/she-looked-at-ways-to-quantify-life-analytic-in-nature-her-head/)

[Gregg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-olsen/)

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