“When you shine a bright light, a secret loses all its power.”

“Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized, the ties still remain. And the most powerful tie of all is written in a child's flesh and blood.”

“Does he think it's so easy? One smile, one touch and all is forgiven -Dr Maura Isles”

“We're all violent. Especially when it concerns the ones we love. They're intimately connected, love and hate.”

“The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.”

“The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.”

“If you don't love him, if you don't even care about him, then seeing him now shouldn't be all that painful. Should it?”