Good thing Quote by Caroline B. Cooney

“It had been a marvelous childhood. Damn near perfect. If he was not leading the life he'd anticipated, if he sometimes lay in bed…

— Julia Quinn

“That got him thinking about his life. It seemed a bitter, pointless sort of life now. No one was any better off because of…

— Joe Abercrombie

“Save for the occasional use of cocaine, he had no vices, and he only turned to the drug as a protest against the monotony…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Look, this boy's been kicked around all his life. You know-living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine. He spent a…

— Reginald Rose

“It would have been really easy to spiral down into drugs or alcohol that year, for both of us. But instead we were there,…

— Keary Taylor

“He had not liked the things taught to him in college. He had been taught a great deal about social responsibility, about a life…

— Ayn Rand

“He was a good con man, but not a great con man. He wasn't ruthless enough. He had all the tricks, all the techniques,…

— Jeffrey Ford

“He liked murder. Murder and long walks had been two of his favorite things when he was younger.”

— Derek Landy

“It took me twenty years of living with my father to accept the idea that being good could be good enough.”

— Stephen King

“He had a choice,’ I said. ‘He could have spent his days helping old ladies across the street. He could have volunteered in the…

— Lee Child

“He cared nothing for art, music and books. He had no hobbies or diversions, not even a passing interest in gambling and the games…

— John R. O'Donnell

“In his career, he had chased down hundreds of killers and put them in prison. If he was wrong about one, then it would…

— Michael Connelly