It was like a mask had been pulled away from his face, uncovering a monster hidden beneath his friendly façade.

Mark nodded even though she couldn't see. He'd suddenly lost any desire to talk, and his plans for a perfect day washed away with the stream. The memories. They never let him go, not even for a half hour. They always had to rush back in, bringing all the horror.

Every danger loses some of its terror once its causes are understood.

When the devil wants to punish his worshippers, he uses the trick of karma.

You may well warn me against such an evil. Human nature is so prone to fall into it!

If evil had a laugh, she thought it would sound like his.