Your mom and I do important work, and we help people who cannot help themselves. But doing the right thing doesn't make you immune to the badness in this world, and my job is to watch for it and stay in front of it, and when that fails, my job is to protect my family.

Brad

Mickey: Guys, it's going to take us days to go through that type of footage; we should take turns.
Spoon: I can take the first shift. I've trained my teachers not to expect regular attendance
Mickey: You?
Spoon: I learn when I want to learn, Mickey.

Mickey: How do we get that footage?
Spoon: Yeah, it would definitely be really hard to download every second of every surveillance camera the day Ashley disappeared... OK, so I downloaded every second of every surveillance camera the day Ashley disappeared.

Nothing stays constant, Mickey. It's like I always told you, you can't get a hit if you never swing the bat.

Brad

Chief Taylor: You don't look like a Bolitar.
Mickey: I look like my mom.

Harlan Coben's Shelter Quotes

Bat Lady: There he is.
Mickey: What?
Bat Lady: Look at you. You've grown a lot, Mickey.
Mickey: How do you know my name?
Bat Lady: Listen to me carefully. Your father, your father, is not dead.
Mickey: What?
Bat Lady: He's very much alive, believe me.

Nothing stays constant, Mickey. It's like I always told you, you can't get a hit if you never swing the bat.

Brad