The world doesn't give even the slightest damn about us or our petty problems.
Harlan Coben in The StrangerFeeding teenage boys was like filling a bathtub with a grapefruit spoon.
TeenagersHarlan Coben in The StrangerThe cardinal rule: You never have to take back words you don't say.
Harlan Coben in The StrangerThe hunchback sees the hump of others - never his own.
Harlan Coben in The StrangerWe humans can't see straight. We are always biased. We always protect our own interests.
Harlan Coben in The StrangerI said everyone looks happy. That was kinda my point. If you judge the world by Facebook, you wonder why so many people take Prozac.
Harlan Coben in The StrangerWe get mad at someone for cutting us off in traffic or for taking too long to order at Starbucks or for not responding exactly as we see fit, and we have no idea that behind their facade, they may be dealing with some industrial-strength shit. Their lives may be in pieces. They may be in the midst of incalculable tragedy and turmoil, and they may be hanging on to their sanity by a thread. But we don't care. We don't see. We just keep pushing.
Harlan Coben in The Stranger