Quotes from Simon Wood

Post-traumatic stress is a powerful force with the ability to change us. Even the strongest of us.

People can't function without forgiveness. It's why the Catholics have confession and the Jews have Yom Kippur. You recognize your failings, and you move on.

Shame was one of those things that had to be excised like a cancer, but it was a hard thing to remove when it was wrapped around your heart.

Bums panhandled instead of getting a job. People dropped their trash on the sidewalk or tossed it from their car windows. All these actions said the same thing: my shit is more important than yours. The world was a self-centered place and he hated it for it.

She checked herself in the mirror. She was a roadmap of violence.

Last night, she'd looked like a million bucks. Tonight, she looked like fifty with change.

thumb over his shoulder at the restaurant where Zoë and

The world was a self-centered place and he hated it for it. This attitude was the main reason the cats and dogs here at the shelter amazed him so much. They could be subjected to the worst of circumstances and yet give their love to the first person who showed it back. If people could learn that simple aspect, there might be a chance of saving this world.

People might deserve a derogatory epithet, but it showed the mudslinger in just as bad a light.

Invariably, people encountered the police at the worst moments in their life. It made all the difference if the officer was viewed as someone who was there to help.

the cats and dogs here at the shelter amazed him so much. They could be subjected to the worst of circumstances and yet give their love to the first person who showed it back. If people could learn that simple aspect, there might be a chance of saving this world.

He stared into the car to see the face of a child-killer, but saw only a blur. The

infallible.

you are not responsible for the world's ills. You can't carry the blame for others or their future consequences. None of us can. That's the road to self-destruction.

Moonlight shone through the window, cutting through the room at an angle.

Does the woman in there have a scar like this?" Their stunned silence told them she did.

but everything was a fog. When she tried to focus on a single

In a corner, Bonnie Moebeck had Lilith, another of the pit bulls, pinned in a corner with a second animal-control pole. Kristi rushed over to offer her assistance.

I loved the sound of the word 'we'. Disaster got averted and tyrants got defeated with the word 'we'.

there was just herself to count on. That was a sad indictment of her life.

It's those little things you can't control that ruin everything.

You can't carry the blame for others or their future consequences. None of us can. That's the road to self-destruction.

Come on, Abby," said Kate. "You're going to sit with Uncle Bobby while Daddy and I talk to the policemen." Abby slid off the hospital bed and took her mother's hand. "Is Bob here?" Josh asked. Bob Deuce had been Josh's friend since they were twelve.

Maybe, but I'm illustrating that you are not responsible for the world's ills. You can't carry the blame for others or their future consequences. None of us can. That's the road to self-destruction.