My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say. Patricia Cornwell More Quotes by Patricia Cornwell More Quotes From Patricia Cornwell First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty. Patricia Cornwell death-penalty doe firsts Survival my only hope. Success my only revenge Patricia Cornwell survival revenge I refuse to sit on my laurels. Patricia Cornwell laurels refuse The dead have never bothered me. It's the living that I fear. Patricia Cornwell bothered rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying. Patricia Cornwell rain night science And suddenly the world was filled with wooden faces and flat voices - and, you were alone. Patricia Cornwell voice faces world When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth. Patricia Cornwell wife mother two I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college. Patricia Cornwell labs chemistry college He was pushing fifty, with a face life had chewed on, and long wisps of graying hair parted low on one side and combed over his balding pate. Patricia Cornwell fifty hair long On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea. Patricia Cornwell ocean morning war Life brings with it strangeness and surprises and upsets Patricia Cornwell strangeness upset surprise Has all the trappings of a mystery novel, doesn't it? Patricia Cornwell mystery novel mystery-novels I don't do things that are illegal. Patricia Cornwell illegal In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. Patricia Cornwell smart cases firsts The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character. Patricia Cornwell bored character long I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body. Patricia Cornwell scalpels body taken I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable. Patricia Cornwell position vulnerable I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer. Patricia Cornwell pain suffering people Everyone is doing forensics. Patricia Cornwell forensics America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel to other countries. They ask, Why are there so many shootings in America? Why does everyone own a gun? Patricia Cornwell gun country america
