The Bride Collector (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Brad Raines: FBI special agent assigned to the Bride Collector case
• Paradise: Resident in the CWI that heps with the case
• Nikki Holden: Forensic psychologist working with Brad on the case
• Kim Peterson: Forensic pathologist
• Quinton Gauld: the Bride Collector serial killer
• Allison Johnson: woman who runs the CWI
• Roudy: CWI resident; self proclaimed Sherlock Holmes
• Enrique Bartholomew: CWI resident; aka Cassanova, womanizer.
• Andrea: CWI resident.
• Melissa: Flight Attendant who is victim number 5.

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• “You see, everyone is God’s favorite, even the mentally ill, which is most people, but don’t let me digress. They are God’s favorite, too, all of them. This is possible only because God is infinite and can therefore have more than one favorite without violating the meaning of the term. He can have multiple favorites, and each one is truly a favorite, receiving the greatest God has to offer, which is infinite.”

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• “There is no love greater than infinite love, which is God’s love. When you love someone infinitely, there is no one that you love more. There is no one that God loves more than he loves you.”

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• “It means every power in heaven and on earth is perched on the edge of their seats, watching to see what the favorite one, you, will do. Will she respond to her lover’s call? Will she love God in return? Will she be with him for eternity? Or will she spit in his face and turn her back and find another lover? They all want to know, have to know, because you are the one. The favorite. All of eternity past has been waiting for the one God did it all for. Did all for you!”

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• “You see, everyone is God’s favorite, even the mentally ill, which is most people, but don’t let me digress. They are God’s favorite, too, all of them. This is possible only because God is infinite and can therefore have more than one favorite without violating the meaning of the term. He can have multiple favorites, and each one is truly a favorite, receiving the greatest God has to offer, which is infinite.There is no love greater than infinite love, which is God’s love. When you love someone infinitely, there is no one that you love more. There is no one that God loves more than he loves you.It means every power in heaven and on earth is perched on the edge of their seats, watching to see what the favorite one, you, will do. Will she respond to her lover’s call? Will she love God in return? Will she be with him for eternity? Or will she spit in his face and turn her back and find another lover? They all want to know, have to know, because you are the one. The favorite. All of eternity past has been waiting for the one God did it all for. Did all for you!”

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• “Classic existentialism. In the end the human being is alone. We are all confronted by our own complexity, which we try to unravel, but all the while we’re confronted by our own isolation. This is what we eventually learn. It’s why so many lean on faith, a relationship that isn’t dependent on another human being.”

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• “Beauty is not defined by man, but by God, who determines the most beautiful.”

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• Hypocrisy was a form of mental illness. And, like the mentally ill, hypocrites were unable to see their own illness.

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• Geniuses are almost always outcasts. The intelligent are bullied on the playground. They see the world differently and are shunned for it. They nearly all turn out to be lonely at the least, locked up at the worst. It’s human nature to encourage the status quo and shun those who see life differently.”

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• In psychopaths’ minds, the blame for their ruined lives lay not with their behavior but with whoever threatened their ability to engage in that behavior.

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• In less industrialized countries, like Colombia and India for example, over sixty percent of schizophrenic patients recover fully within two years. They depend on family nurturing, religion, and other nonmedical treatment. No drugs. In America, the recovery rate is much less than a third, and that’s using antipsychotic drugs.

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• I cry with you, Angel. I weep for you. For every strand of hair that will never again blow in the wind, for every smile that will never brighten someone else’s day, for every look of desire that will never quicken another man’s pulse. I am so sorry.

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• He couldn’t love Paradise because she would learn just how unlovable he was. And because she couldn’t possibly live up to his standards, which was what made him so unlovable.

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• “Not dirty politicians. Not slimy preachers. Not stupid with a capital S neighbors. Not Holly-weird. Not me. Not you. Not mother. Not sister. Not brother. Not teacher, student, pimp, or rock star. God and God alone, who forgives all who have sinned if they follow his rules, defines beauty.”

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• This notion that each human was truly alone in the world, confronted by the complexity of life. And finding themselves alone, they felt insecure. Not loved the way they should be. Not really wanted. Outcasts. Pretenders on some subtle but profound level. Whether or not they were willing to admit it, all humans were self-contained and alone. The wisest and hardiest among them managed to acknowledge that fact and surpass it.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• FBI
• The Center for Wellness and Intelligence (CWI): A community for "gifted" persons with high intelligence. They do not like to use the term 'mentally ill' to describe their residents

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• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Add a description of this organization.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Cape Fear, and followed by Pet Sematary.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Ted Dekker (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• Christy Award (2011: Suspense, Finalist)

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• Dewey: 813.6

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary