“Violent death is like a monster. The closer you get to it, the more damage you sustain if you survive at all.”

“You can always push people around, but it's not a good idea. Better to let them volunteer information for reasons of their own. You get more that way.”

“You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to.”

“You can believe anything you like.”

“Life is hard. Life hurts. So what? You tough it out. You get through and then you'll feel good again.”

“I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.”

“Whatever the surface appearances, most human beings come equipped with convoluted emotional machinery. With intimacy, the wreckage starts to show, damage rendered in the course of passions colliding like freight trains on the same track.”