Three Pines Sentences
(Sentences from Three Pines (2022) and related stories. Adjust phrasing where needed)
"Do you know how many of these missing persons cases end up on my desk as homicides?"
"These cases are going to break your heart."
"I know what you're like. You're going to obsess about this."
"Every mistake I ever made was because I made an assumption and then I acted upon it as if it were fact."
"I can't tell you that the pain will stop, but I promise you, you'll survive this."
"Grief sometimes feels like fear, but it's not. Grief is love. Love with no place to go."
"You can tell a lot about a person by the way they feel about birds."
"Why aren't you looking for me anymore?"
"The truth lies in the things we can't see. You have to listen to the silence."
"Never let your emotions sway you away from what you feel in your gut."
"I thought I understood you because we'd been through the same thing, but that wasn't it, was it?"
"No child should ever see what you saw."
"The last time I wanted to investigate a missing persons case, you made it very clear that it wasn't my job."
"I hope you don't think the only thing that ever happens here is murder!"
"Could you be any less sensitive?"
"Instead of hypothesising, why don't you go and find some actual evidence?"
"Do you think I'm dangerous? Do you think I'm a killer?"
"Secrets like this are not good for the soul."
"You've spent your whole life trying to be someone you're not. You can thank your father for that."
"You have to stop blaming yourself for his death."
"What exactly are you accusing me of?"
"Everything's connected, one way or the other."
"So, what are you drinking to?"
"If you heard a rumour about someone you cared about, would you tell them?"