“Everything she knew about him rushed through her mind like a tidal wave.”

“The calmness was fracturing, tendrils of fear seeping through her mind like ivy. Once the fear consumed her, she'd run.”

“Her gaze shifted away. "I don't remember my dreams anymore." It was like she was confessing a dirty secret. And maybe it was, because even though he hated the dreams, each time he had them, he was ...”

“Trees surrounded them from all sides, casting long inky shadows that would, at another time, have been scary. But there was no point in being scared of what might be lurking in the shadows when the...”

“Fear blossomed within her - not like a flower, but like blood welling from a gunshot wound, spreading throughout her entire body.”

“If she was going to die she wanted to go out with chocolate in one hand and a shopping bag in the other.”

“Her gaze shifted away. "I don't remember my dreams anymore." It was like she was confessing a dirty secret. And maybe it was, because even though he hated the dreams, each time he had them, he was ...”

“She tried to think of the right thing to say - something that would make him leave her alone. If she said she could defend herself he'd want her to prove it. But if she said she couldn't defend her...”

“Seeing the obvious is often harder than seeing the hidden!”

“When it comes to exacting revenge, it gets harder and harder to top yourself each successive time”

“Wisdom ain't a virtue I ever aspired to.”

“Put the gun to my head and paint walls with my brains.”

“Put the gun to my head and paint walls with my brains.”