“Blood squirted as his transected femoral artery haemorrhaged to the rhythm of his horrible heart.- From Potter's Field”

“He was pushing fifty, with a face life had chewed on, and long wisps of graying hair parted low on one side and combed over his balding pate.”

“Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it.”

“Não imaginava o que seria preciso para me levar à loucura. Se calhar era como morrer. Depois de uma pessoas se passar para o outro lado não se sente a diferença. (Kay Scarpetta)”

“You know what the best security system is? Window shades.”

“And suddenly the world was filled with wooden faces and flat voices - and, you were alone.”

“Has all the trappings of a mystery novel, doesn't it?”