In the Dark Quotes

“Occam’s razor. Always believe the simplest of all available explanations.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“Shame's a rather unfashionable sentiment these days: the modern world is always telling us we don't need to be embarrassed about anything we do – or think. But the shame response is still there, in the psyche – self-disgust, regret, revulsion. Those are immensely powerful emotions (..) (p. 332)”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“neurological consequences of prolonged exposure to a violent ‘virtual’ world, including the erosion of empathy, an increase in interpersonal aggression, and the illusion of personal omnipotence.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“She said men kill out of anger or for money, or words to that effect. But women are different. Women kill because something’s standing in their way.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“got to, is it? He licks froth off his upper lip. ‘Well,”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“But the shame response is still there, in the psyche – self-disgust, regret, revulsion. Those are immensely powerful emotions and all the more so when the subject is in denial. Whatever that girl did, she doesn’t want to admit it – certainly not to you, and on the evidence I’ve just seen, not even to herself.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“we have here is a very clear psychological trajectory, in relation to the child. We move from her horror at Harper’s sexual assaults, to rejection of the baby once it’s born,”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“Not by commission, perhaps, but omission. I don’t want to adopt a child, but not because the life I have is sufficient. It’s because the idea terrifies me. Like betting your whole existence on a gigantic lucky dip. Nurture is strong, but blood is stronger. My mother and father have never told me they’re not my biological parents, but I know, I’ve known for years. I found the papers in my”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“His name is Colin Boddie. And yes, I know, that’s not funny. Only it is; of course it is. He’s heard the gags so many times he’s developed his own brand of pathological humour to go with it. It can sound crass, if you don’t know him, but it’s just a form of carapace. A way to keep the horror at bay. And what they’ve got here – despite the daylight and all the busy professional apparatus – is still the stuff of nightmares.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“used to be a social worker and I know the pressure they’re under these days. You don’t get anything like enough time to spend with clients. And I’ve also had experience of dealing with Thames Valley Police and I think they do a fabulous job.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“That’s what Tory cuts does for you. No money for proper”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“was positively Shakespearean. The hero brought low at the very moment of his triumph. The house was up for sale, the bags all but packed, and suddenly – bang. It all comes crashing down around his ears.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“Boddie calls me at 8.00 p.m. I was half thinking of going home, half thinking of just ordering a Chinese at the desk. But I end up in the mortuary. That’s how this job goes sometimes.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“an old boiler suit splashed with stains.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“Personally,’ I say, ‘I’m more interested in the dog that didn’t bark.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“door”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“White birds by night, black birds by day.”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark

“night,”
― Cara Hunter, In the Dark