I hated myself for needing him at such times, for craving his strength whenever I felt upset. Kathy Reichs More Quotes by Kathy Reichs More Quotes From Kathy Reichs Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity. Kathy Reichs insultdignityhumans Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them. Kathy Reichs valuableexperiencemistake If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school. Kathy Reichs degreesdnaschool My line of work makes you aware of the fragility of life. You can get up in the morning, eat your cornflakes, blow-dry your hair, go to work and end up dead. Kathy Reichs blowhairmorning What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I am in the autopsy room, I go to the crime scene and I do work in the lab gives my books this flavor that otherwise they wouldn't have. Kathy Reichs writingbookthinking Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies? Kathy Reichs brilliant-ideasbrilliantideas Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do. Kathy Reichs outrageactivismable Most Bolton students were scions of the city's wealthiest families. My crewe stuck out like hooker at church. We werent part of their pampered, priveliged world, and many of our classmates were quick to remind us of that fact. Taunting the "boat kids" was practically a varsity sport. Kathy Reichs citiessportskids I've never lost my capacity to be shocked. Kathy Reichs shockedcapacitylost Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul. Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all. Kathy Reichs violencesoulhumanity Bones tell me the story of a person's life - how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background. Kathy Reichs genderbonesstories High school popularity is so fickle. Kathy Reichs ficklehigh-schoolschool I have a cotillion event. Some yacht-club charity fundraiser thingy. Whitney is insisting, and Kit took her side.” Three wide smiles. “Oh shut up. Kathy Reichs charityeventsthree Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve. Kathy Reichs murder-mysteriesmysteryfun Indecision is the key to flexibility. Kathy Reichs uncertaintyindecisionkeys I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones lady at the university, and that was me. Kathy Reichs bonesnorth-carolinapolice An elite confederacy of nerds. My peeps Kathy Reichs nerdelites Whitney smacked Coop's snout while simultaneously pressing herself deeper into the couch. Coop fixed her with an unblinking ice-blue stare, gray-brown fur bristling along his spine. "Tory!" Whitney squealed. "He's going to attack!" "Maybe." I walked into the kitchen and snagged a Diet Coke from the fridge. "Try to protect your throat. Kathy Reichs kitcheniceblue I work with the dead, but I am working for the living. Kathy Reichs Today he wore a burnt-orange shirt, black pants, and a tie that looked like a street fight at the south end of the color wheel. Kathy Reichs orangecolorfighting
