“He’d have denied it to his dying breath but Derwent wasn’t as tough as he pretended to be. For the very small number of people he cared about, Derwent would give his all. It made him vulnerable, and every now and then that vulnerability showed.”

“He’d have denied it to his dying breath but Derwent wasn’t as tough as he pretended to be. For the very small number of people he cared about, Derwent would give his all. It made him vulnerable, and every now and then that vulnerability showed.”

“Speculation is a dangerous thing without any evidence to back it up.”

“Sometimes the hardest thing is admitting you were wrong. It’s hard to say you need to be forgiven.”

“Because of course, for every revelation of weakness, there had to be an equal and opposite show of strength.”

“As a rule, I had murder in my mind. That day, I had it in my heart.”

“She wouldn't have died if I hadn't taught her how to fall.”

“This is the place where death rejoices to help those who live. It's written somewhere in every morgue I've ever been in. Nice way of looking at it, isn't it?”