“Imagination, of course, can open any door - turn the key and let terror walk right in.”

“Once a thing is set to happen, all you can do is hope it won't. Or will-depending. As long as you live, theres always something waiting, and even if its bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do?...”

“But if you live your life without feeling and compassion for your fellowmanyou are as an animal'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' & happiness & peace of mind is not attained by living thus.”

“Sorrow and profound fatigue are at the heart of Dewey's silence. It had been his ambition to learn "exactly what happened in that house that night." Twice now he'd been told, and the two versions w...”

“Those fellows, they're always crying over killers. Never a thought for the victims.”

“Duntz asked Smith, 'Added up, how much money did you get from the Cutters?' 'Between forty and fifty dollars.”

“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.”

“July 24, 6:03 A.M.The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a cliff...Michael Holzapfel knew what he was doing. He killed himself for...”

“A book is a suicide postponed.”

“How much can you really trust the promise of a suicidal father?”