Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized, the ties still remain. And the most powerful tie of all is written in a child's flesh and blood.

The most intimate feeling people can share is neither love nor hate, but pain.

We are all descended from monsters.

I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it. Human beings are perfectly capable of evil all by themselves.

If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.

She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.

... he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile.