T.M.E. Walsh > Quotes

“I see his face, innocent and pure. He has something in his hand. He holds the squashed and wilting petals and stems of wildflower gems. And they look like rubies. Rubies and blood.”
― T.M.E. Walsh, Pretty Little Things

“They say that when you face something tough in your life, you find out who your true friends are. Whoever said that was so right.”
― T.M.E. Walsh, Pretty Little Things

“Someone with a whole lot invested in the life and death of Raymond Knox.’ Danika”
― T.M.E. Walsh, Trial by Execution

“Chloe”
― T.M.E. Walsh, For All Our Sins

“I remember how I got here and how I came to be. I am truly something beautiful. Come look for me.”
― T.M.E. Walsh, Pretty Little Things

“Hear me. Hear my voice and know this… I mourn the daylight. I mourn the life I had. I mourn the time that is now lost to me, time with my daughter, the only true constant in my life. He rattles around inside my head, and it’s like I’m constantly aware of Him now. Part of me wants to go back to when I didn’t know He existed inside me. We fight for control. I fight for the light. I will fight until I either win or am exiled to a bleak, empty nothing. He calls it The Cage. A prison without bars.”
― T.M.E. Walsh, Pretty Little Things

“She sighed to herself, and longed to leave this place. It’d been four months now since everything came to its ugly conclusion. She opened the drawer to the sideboard beside her and stared down at the money she’d been withdrawing in lumps from her bank account over the last few months.”
― T.M.E. Walsh, For All Our Sins

“Don’t go inside.’ He placed his hands on her shoulders. ‘We’ve called an ambulance and the police. There’s nothing more we can do.’ Claire shrugged his hands from her and pushed past him. ‘I am the police,’ she said over her shoulder, and stepped through the front door. She looked around and heard commotion coming from above. Her eyes travelled towards the stairs as she heard a woman screaming. Then came the sound of other people running around the landing overhead. Claire closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She didn’t have to see upstairs to know what had been discovered. She was about to ascend the stairs when she heard the sirens in the background, drawing closer. Just then two more people came running down”
― T.M.E. Walsh, For All Our Sins

“Then you know it was a failed act of terrorism. What’s to celebrate? Now,’ he said,”
― T.M.E. Walsh, The Principle Of Evil

“Ring-a-ring o’ roses, A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down. …We all fall down. We all fall. We. All. Fall.”
― T.M.E. Walsh, Pretty Little Things

“Once there, there’s no chance of parole. I call it my mind, and it is a most beautiful yet terrifying thing. I am Charlotte Monroe, and as long as there is good in this world, and breath in this wretched body of mine, I will fight. I will not be lost to the darkness. I will not let Him win.”
― T.M.E. Walsh, Pretty Little Things

“The killer’s probably from a working-class background”
― T.M.E. Walsh, The Principle Of Evil