Until Proven Guilty Quotes

“Nowadays she went to autopsies voluntarily. Seeing the victim made the crime somehow more real, more painful. A sense of reality and pain were crucial to good prosecution”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty

“Life's now. The past is just that, the past. And tomorrow is not guaranteed. There's no time for grudges”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty

“Women learned that dependent behaviour made the abuser feel strong and in control, and adapted accordingly. Accepting the blame for their situation somehow helped them combat their sense of despair and helplessness”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty

“It was Kathryn's first good look at the suspect. Why was it the monsters never looked like monsters?”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty

“Death never sleeps”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty

“You know the rule. Three can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty

“He makes my skin crawl. He has a way of looking at women, as if they were meat on a hook and he's wondering whether to cut off a slice”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty

“She was beginning to feel the tension that always took hold of her towards the end of a trial. Some cases were easier than others: you didn't get as emotionally involved. Others sucked you in, sometimes completely against your better judgement”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty

“She loved the law, but it was a damned inefficient machine, rather like an old clunker you could never be quite sure would get you to your destination. To love the law, her first boss had told her, was a little bit like masochism: the more you did, the more it hurt you. Well, she still loved it”
― Christine McGuire, Until Proven Guilty