“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“hadn’t checked my personal e-mail in days, and I remembered Patrick mentioning” — Tyler Dilts Copy Share
“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… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share
“I spent one more hour in bed thinking about my dead feather who'd been shot responding to a routine domestic disturbance call and my… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share
“You're all eco-friendly now," he said, "but wait until the first time you try to wash the conditioner out of your hair.” — Tyler Dilts Copy Share
