“People say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. They say that when you been through something terrible ... But it doesn't. It breaks your bones, leaving everything splintered and held together with grubby bandages and yellowing sticky tape. Creaking along the fault lines, Fragile and exhausting to hold together. Sometimes you wish it had killed you.” HeartbreakGrief And LossChild Book:The Child Source: The Child
“He looks like the bloke next door, was Sparks's first thought. But then, monsters rarely look the part. You hope you'll be able to see the evil shining out of them. It would make police work a damn sight easier, he often said. But evil was a slippery substance, glimpsed only occasionally, and all the more horrifying for that, he knew.” EvilMonsters Book:The Widow Source: The Widow
“Nothing out of place. Normal to the point of abnormal.” NormalityAbnormality Book:The Widow Source: The Widow