Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon!
AmbitionHarlan Coben in The WoodsThe first sip of beer on a hot day is like that first finger-dip when you open a new jar of peanut butter.
BeerHarlan Coben in The WoodsSummer romances come to an end. That was part of the deal. They are built like certain plants or insects, not able to survive more than one season. I thought we would be different. We were, I guess, but not in the way I thought. I truly believed that we would never let each other go. The young are so dumb.
Harlan Coben in The WoodsThose who believe that we are anything other than animals are blind. All humans are savages. The ones who are well fed are just lazier. They don't need to kill to get their food. So they dress up and find so-called loftier pursuits that make them believe that they are somehow above it all. Such nonsense. Savages are just hungrier. That was all. You do horrible things to survive. Anyone who believes that they are above that is delusional.
Harlan Coben in The WoodsI ordered a cheeseburger and a beer from a waitress who looked as though she wanted to be in one of those want-to-get-away? commercials. She called me hon. I love when a waitress calls me hon.
Harlan Coben in The WoodsYou don't worry about happiness and fulfilment when you're starving.
Harlan Coben in The WoodsYou live among this ridiculous wealth and you get lost. You worry about nonsense like spirituality and inner health and satisfaction and relationships. You have no idea what it is like to starve, to watch yourself turn to bones.
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