Tess Gerritsen

The point is, men get obsessed. A guy will cling to a particular woman for years.” She added, quietly: “Even a woman who doesn’t love him

Some people just can’t move on,” she said, “and they waste their lives waiting for someone they can’t have

Sometimes, thought Jane, the person who could make you happiest is the one you overlook, the one who waits patiently in the wings.

People don’t look out for each other. They only look out for themselves

you lose your family, you lose everything

It was the questions she could not answer that troubled her. The motives, the secret torments that drove human beings to kill strangers or take their own lives.

Never to blame themselves. Not to feel guilty. Because we bear responsibility for our own actions alone. Not for anyone else’s.

are merely shells, that whatever constituted a soul was fleeting and easily extinguished

That’s what I like about you. You’re not afraid to admit you’re afraid.

Cross me, and I will massacre you and everyone you love.