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The abduction of a child by a stranger is every parent’s worst nightmare. But statistically, it is a highly unusual event. Children are actually most at risk of harm and abuse from a family member behind closed doors, and while the outside world might seem threatening, the truth is that most strangers are decent people, whereas the home is often the most dangerous place of all.
The Devil finds work for idle hands. Bad thoughts find empty heads.
If you leave a door half open, soon you’ll hear the whispers spoken.
Let the urge flare in the light of recent events, he thought. Let it have its moment. And then let it die.
That’s what living things do. Even in the toughest of circumstances, they keep living.
When there was something awful that had to be faced, it was better to face it immediately; as bad as the event might be, it would occur regardless, and at least that way you wouldn’t have to endure the anticipation as well.
grief is a stew with a thousand ingredients, and not all of them are palatable.
There were always so many reasons to drink, though. Only ever one real reason not to.
The ‘safe house’ was just a flat above a newsagent’s at one end of Town Street. It didn’t look like much from the street, and it looked like even less when Willis took us inside.
The greater the noise, the easier it was to slip silently in without being noticed.
How long does it take, and how much does a person have to change, before the person you hated is gone, replaced by someone new?
