“Every conversation they had anymore it felt like instead of unraveling the mystery, it just further entangled all of them into a twisted never-ending knot.”

“A mixed up knot of incompatible roles, tied up too tight to know where one ended and another began.”

“And maybe then when they were all a family, Tommy would be able to see what Mary used to see, what his other children saw, not just a man who would kill for them but a man who would die for them...the man underneath it all.”

“His face burst into a prism of colors and light as her eyes welled with tears and when they fell down her cheeks it felt like fire.”

“Never negotiate with terrorists, make bargains with mobsters, or drive downtown on game day. Some things are just a given.”

“No, nothing much had changed in the old neighborhood. She was still just an actress in someone else’s play.”

“This was like discovering your vanilla cupcake had a chocolate fudge center.”