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> [“It was a curious thing about the past--how it lay in wait for you, quietly, invisibly, almost as though it weren't there. You might be tempted to think it was gone, no longer existed. Then, like a pheasant flushed from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/it-was-a-curious-thing-about-the-past-how-it-lay-in-wait-for-you/)

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## More by John Verdon

> [“Whatever it was that had drawn him to police work, that had wed him to the job for so many years, it surely wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/whatever-it-was-that-had-drawn-him-to-police-work-that-had-wed-him-to/)

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> [“The truth was that a complex murder case attracted his attention and curiosity like nothing else on earth. He could make up reasons for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/the-truth-was-that-a-complex-murder-case-attracted-his-attention-and/)

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> [“He knew how isolated he could become and hardly notice it was happening. How relationships could slip away like smoke in the breeze. How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/he-knew-how-isolated-he-could-become-and-hardly-notice-it-was/)

[John Verdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-verdon/)

> [“It was a curious thing about the past--how it lay in wait for you, quietly, invisibly, almost as though it weren't there. You might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/it-was-a-curious-thing-about-the-past-how-it-lay-in-wait-for-you/)

[John Verdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-verdon/)

> [“It's not the victim who wakes up to a half-empty bed, a half-empty house.He isn't the one who dreams that he's stiilla live, only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/it-s-not-the-victim-who-wakes-up-to-a-half-empty-bed-a-half-empty/)

[John Verdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-verdon/)

> [“The person I think I am is terrified of the person I really am, terrified of what others would think of that person. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/the-person-i-think-i-am-is-terrified-of-the-person-i-really-am/)

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> [The purpose of life is to get as close as we can to other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/the-purpose-of-life-is-to-get-as-close-as-we-can-to-other-people/)

[John Verdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-verdon/)

> [The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what you discover about them by yourself seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/the-stories-people-tell-you-about-themselves-seem-to-retain-the/)

[John Verdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-verdon/)

> [“...but grief, he'd discovered, was not an experience you went through once and then 'moved on' (as the idiotic popular phrase would have it).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/but-grief-he-d-discovered-was-not-an-experience-you-went-through-once/)

[John Verdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-verdon/)

> [“Hardwick was showing the frustration of a man trying to hold his groceries inside a ripped bag.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/hardwick-was-showing-the-frustration-of-a-man-trying-to-hold-his/)

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> [“He was all too aware of how one's perceptions can start lining up to support a particular conclusion. Once a pattern begins to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/he-was-all-too-aware-of-how-one-s-perceptions-can-start-lining-up-to/)

[John Verdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-verdon/)

> [The worst pain in our lives comes from the mistakes we refuse to acknowledge--the things we've done that are so our of harmony with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/the-worst-pain-in-our-lives-comes-from-the-mistakes-we-refuse-to/)

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> [“But how could he stop being what he was? However much he cared for her, however much he wanted to be with her, however…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/but-how-could-he-stop-being-what-he-was-however-much-he-cared-for-her/)

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> [“This case is complex. It's got layers to it, Davey. It's a fucking onion... You're a natural-born onion peeler -- the best that ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/this-case-is-complex-it-s-got-layers-to-it-davey-it-s-a-fucking-onion/)

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> [“Sexual energy in general has tremendous power, the power to concentrate one's attention like nothing else, to become the sole reality, to warp judgement,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/sexual-energy-in-general-has-tremendous-power-the-power-to/)

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