Blue Murder Quotes

“Yes. Mind you, sociopaths experience many of the same needs we all do," Hetheridge continued. "They attend school, maintain jobs. I believe they can even love, in the way little children love—a combination of wanting and demanding. But sociopaths have no conscience, no innate sense of responsibility toward others. They cannot believe other people have separate lives beyond the sociopath's own needs and expectations. Sociopaths are incapable of empathy, though the more intelligent ones are frequently able to fake it. And that's the key.”
― Emma Jameson, Blue Murder

“Oh, aye,” the constable sighed, his latent Scots accent breaking through. “The lasses get themselves up like prostitutes, probably because the lads mince about like poofters. Some generation. You catch the killer, you ask him why he stopped at two, all right?”
― Emma Jameson, Blue Murder

“Selfishness. Parts of my life are only for me. As long as I hang on to my selfish side, Maura can't destroy me. If I ever decided helping her was more important than helping me—or Henry, or Ritchie—I'd be lost. Maura would chew me up and spit me out, just like everyone else who's ever gotten close to her.”
― Emma Jameson, Blue Murder

“Yet there she was, his mum, sobbing into a crumpled Kleenex like her heart would break. Clearly being an author drove otherwise normal people mad. Especially when combined with Facebook.”
― Emma Jameson, Blue Murder

“radio. As Hetheridge and Bhar moved closer, the constable angled his torch at the ground,”
― Emma Jameson, Blue Murder