“The squadroom was empty, as it usually was early on mornings after no one got murdered. I had the place to myself for more than an hour.” — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“when we look in someone’s face and tell them that their spouse or child or parent or sibling has been murdered, the pain is immediate and palpable—and it cuts deep.” — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“Generally, I agree with Stephen King that hope is a dangerous thing. And also that the road to hell is paved with adverbs.” — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“supposed to do that?” I could see the smile in Jen’s eyes in the rearview” — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“Most of the unhappiness and the sometimes-severe depression I've dealt with throughout my life have come not from the losses and injuries I have… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“I opened a red and white tin of mints. “When you can snatch the Altoid from my hand,” I said, in my best Master… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“There's a darkness in the world, and that sometimes we know that our only real purpose is just to bear witness to it so… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“not unlike the unspoken shared knowledge that many cops have with one another, that there’s a darkness in the world, and that sometimes we… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“It is without doubt a dark and complicated feeling, shared with firemen and soldiers and paramedics and emergency-room workers, that comes from knowing that… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“What had once been a charming neighborhood of small, quaint bungalows had metastasized over the decades into a nearly seamless mass of bloated, multistoried… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“The squadroom was empty, as it usually was early on mornings after no one got murdered. I had the place to myself for more… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“Was I really that much more mature than I had been in college, or was I only more bleak and weary and desperate to… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“and the way life is really just a series of losses, one after another after another, and how the moment we realize that is… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“hadn’t checked my personal e-mail in days, and I remembered Patrick mentioning” — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
