Kill Me Again Quotes

“Becky was increasingly of the opinion that people were inherently bad; it was just a matter of how well they controlled their badness.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“It’s a concept that some people believe in: that the number three stands for that which is solid, real, substantial, complete – for example the three dimensions of length, breadth and height which are necessary to form a solid. There are three great divisions that complete time: the past, the present and the future. Thought, word and deed complete the sum of human capability; animal, vegetable, mineral – the three kingdoms of the natural world. I could go on. For some people, three is such a powerful number that everything has to be finished in threes for them to feel safe. A famous physicist, Nicola Tesla, was so obsessed with the number that he used to walk round the block three times before he would enter a building.’ She”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“Senka means “shadow” in some foreign language or other.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“if only one of them had to die, the most important job is to work out which of them it was.’ Tom continued along the canal bank.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“the “power of three”?’ she asked. She cast her eyes around the room and everybody stared back, but nobody spoke. ‘It’s a concept that some people believe in: that the number three stands for that which is solid, real, substantial, complete – for example the three dimensions of length, breadth and height which are necessary to form a solid. There are three great divisions that complete time: the past, the present and the future. Thought, word and deed complete the sum of human capability; animal, vegetable, mineral – the three kingdoms of the natural world. I could go on. For some people, three is such a powerful number that everything has to be finished in threes for them to feel safe. A famous physicist, Nicola Tesla, was so obsessed with the number that he used to walk round the block three times before he would enter a building.’ She paused and again looked around the room, taking them all in, but her gaze settled on Tom, who instantly felt guilty about his scepticism. ‘If this is his driver, he will try to kill one more girl to replace the failed attempt. She will look like the other three, but this time he will be sure to finish the job. I’m using “he” throughout this presentation because, as we know, the chances are that the killer is a man. However, “he” could just as easily be more than one man.’ She paused and every eye was on her. ‘But there’s another theory that fits the profile. I would like to suggest to you that there was only one victim that mattered to the killer. Only one person who had to die. The others were decoys, added to confuse us. Three may have been chosen as the best number to ensure the police were chasing their tails trying to find a link between the victims when there isn’t one. And”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“psychopaths were meticulous planners and how this distinguished them from sociopaths.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“Key characteristics of psychopathy include pathological lying, a lack of remorse and a high degree of superficial charm, and it is these traits that enable a psychopath to hide in plain sight. He (or she) might adopt a persona and play the role so well that those associated with him (or her) have no concept of the true lack of emotion that exists beneath the well-thought-out personality that has been adopted.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“Psychopaths learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will appear normal to unsuspecting people.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“remembered”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“night and Maggie Taylor waited inside the glass doors, peering out into the night. She glanced over her shoulder, watching in vain to see if the red light above the lift would change and begin to count down. Maybe the doors would slide open to reveal another late worker, someone who would be happy to walk with Maggie through the deserted car park –a vast empty stretch of dark tarmac leading into the distance, her lone car sitting waiting for her somewhere out of sight. The weather warnings had provided the perfect excuse for people to leave early, though, and she was sure nobody would be coming to her rescue. She could kick herself for staying so late, knowing there was nothing that made her more anxious than a large empty building that seemed to echo with silence.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“smiling faces of the masks, and every inch of my skin rose in prickles of terror. I could see the first man’s teeth between the red lips of the mask. They were pressed together, the pale shape of his mouth wide and straight, as if the effort of choking me one-handed was too much for him. The two sets of lips –a human flesh pair within a solid plastic pair –made my blood freeze, but still I couldn’t take my eyes from the mask and the glimpse of the person I could see beneath. The second man grabbed my arms and fixed them tightly behind me with something hard and cold that bit into my skin. And then came the gag -between my teeth, tearing into the corners of my mouth, the rough material chafing my flesh. The two men spoke again, but their words blurred in my head and became little more than a buzzing sound. I watched as the first man went into the hall. He was leaving us, pulling off his mask as he reached the front door. He didn’t know I’d”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“The two men spoke again, but their words blurred in my head and became little more than a buzzing sound. I watched as the first man went into the hall. He was leaving us, pulling off his mask as he reached the front door. He didn’t know I’d seen him, reflected in the hall mirror. I realised that seeing his face, knowing I would recognise him again anywhere, could be the end for me. I looked down quickly, hoping neither man had caught my eyes, watching, recording the chiselled features and the slightly hooked nose, knowing my fear had imprinted every detail into”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“her own children. They’re not even his father’s kids.’ ‘What do you mean, you have to pay?’ ‘I don’t know, Mags. He wants to make me suffer, but he won’t tell me precisely what he wants me to do. I thought if he couldn’t find me he might get bored with the idea, or slip up and I would find him first. I don’t know. He says he wants to meet me.’ ‘How the hell is he communicating with you?’ ‘Through the same website. He sent me a text message on my phone – several, in fact, in the last couple of weeks, asking to meet. I ignored them.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“She was shy. Painfully, embarrassingly shy. If anybody spoke to her, she blushed bright red. It was an instant reaction, and one that made her turn away.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“whisper to her so obviously.’ Maggie felt”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“Pomona Island the”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“Manchester. As”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“the garage.”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“pleasantly”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again

“many psychopaths hold down important jobs. Key characteristics of psychopathy include pathological lying, a lack of remorse and a high degree of superficial charm, and it is these traits that enable a psychopath to hide in plain sight. He (or she) might adopt a persona and play the role so well that those associated with him (or her) have no concept of the true lack of emotion that exists beneath the well-thought-out personality that has been adopted. Maggie”
― Rachel Abbott, Kill Me Again