Harlan Coben quotes

Harlan Coben is an American author famed for his suspenseful mystery and thriller novels. His books, including the bestselling Myron Bolitar series, have sold millions of copies worldwide and inspired popular television adaptations. He is celebrated for his intricate plots, unexpected twists, and engaging storytelling. Here are 85 of his quotes:

There is the old catch-22 line that a mentally unstable person can't know, as per their illness, that they are unstable. But that was wrong. You can and do have the insight to see your own crazy. (Harlan Coben)
The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies. View quote
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You bring your own weather to the picnic. View quote
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Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken. View quote
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Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place. View quote
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Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent. View quote
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Genius is a curse. That's how I look at it. Some think that the brilliant comprehend the universe in a way the rest of us can't. They see the world how it truly is-and that reality is so horrible the lose their minds. Clarity leads to insanity. View quote
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Its funny how you can let yourself forget for seconds, how even in the heat of the horrible, you can have moments when you fool yourself into thinking it might all be okay. View quote
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No, I don't live in heartache. I don't cry myself to sleep or any of that. I am, I tell myself, over it. But I do feel a void, icky as that sounds. And-like it or not-I still think about her every single day. View quote
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That's the problem with falling in love. It makes you start talking like a bad country song. View quote
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For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate-you lose your grip on what's important, you know? (Harlan Coben)
..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down. View quote
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Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell. View quote
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Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for example, can be cleaned up, altered, trimmed, improved. Life, on the other hand, is one big messy rough draft. View quote
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Memories, you see, hurt. The good ones most of all. View quote
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Kids don't do what their parents say-they do what they see their parents do. So who was to blame here? View quote
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Hope is cruel. Hope reminds me of what almost was. Hope makes the physical ache return. View quote
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So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell."Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely. View quote
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Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something. View quote
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it. View quote
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Only bad writers think they're good. (Harlan Coben)
There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation. View quote
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Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need. View quote
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There's always a price you pay when you lie. Once you introduce a lie into a relationship, even for the best of intentions, it is always there. Whenever you're with that person again, that lie is in the room too. It sits on your shoulder. Good lie or bad lie, it's in the room with you forever now. It's your constant companion. View quote
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This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too. View quote
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Harlan Coben

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Photo: Cswetonic, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: American Author
Born: January 4, 1962
Quotes count: 85

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