“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.”

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

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

“Life brings with it strangeness and surprises and upsets”

“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.”