Hemlock Island Quotes

“That I was not hallucinating. ...I saw those severed fingers move. I saw those eyelids open. I saw that woman's decapitated head try to speak.”
― Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

“...I stare at the head of a woman. A head jammed onto the remains of that thin tree stump. ...Her head has been ripped from her body, ragged bits of flesh hanging down.

Who are you? What the hell happened-”
― Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

“I've shown the others, the sight of the charred bones in the boat house, and the hex circle under the rug...”
― Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

“I opened the closet door and it was right there. The blood? Yes, ...all over the door and scratches, as if someone tried to claw their way out.”
― Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

“If he slipped and fell in, would I dive after him? Absolutely. That’s love, and I still love him. I always will love him. It shouldn’t be that way. Something as brief as our marriage should die like a roman candle. One blaze of glory, imprinted on the retina for a few moments and then fading. This wasn’t that. This was a flash fire, and I am scarred for life, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
― Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

“You need to stop giving other people so much credit, Laney,” she says. “Stop presuming they left for a valid reason, and not because humans are fucked-up individuals who make stupid mistakes, and sometimes, you’re not the only one who’s hanging back, presuming if the other party doesn’t try to mend the rift, it’s because they don’t want it mended.”
― Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

“Something as brief as our marriage should die like a roman candle. One blaze of glory, imprinted on the retina for a few moments and then fading. This wasn’t that. This was a flash fire, and I am scarred for life, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
― Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island