“Evil was predictable, always painfully expected.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“no one wanted to look at the common evils of society. Very few were willing to put aside their own pursuit of happiness long enough to consider the effects of greed and jealousy around them. From what she'd seen, humans were essentially troubled. For every one behind bars, another ten deserved to be behind bars, but that would put one in ten Americans behind bars.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“She was having some difficulty piecing together exactly why she deserved to be in this place, but she wasn't stupid enough to deny that in the end life was cruel and didn't pay attention to what was fair.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“He read reports, examined evidence, and poured more reports up the chain than the Pentagon could read. Nothing short of a human sieve. But in the end he was just one small piece on this game board called war. End of story”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“When you step away from it all, you lose perspective.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“The world didn’t like to look at the dark underside very often. But that didn’t change the ugliness; it only ensured that those who perpetuated the ugliness were left alone to kill and maim and rape.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“He was as needy as she was. Alvin Finch only wanted to be needed. Loved. And absent of either, he resorted to deflecting his pain by killing. Just like a teenager might resort to deflecting the pain of rejection by cutting. People did a lot of crazy things to be wanted.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“And then Alvin Finch, aka BoneMan, aka Satan, toppled to his left. He bounced off the post in the middle of the room, struck the concrete next to the hammer’s head with a loud slap, and lay still.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“BoneMan still had his back to him and was turning with a stunned stare. The head of the sledgehammer landed on the side of the man’s head with a sickening crack.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“BETHANY FELT AS little as she thought she could possibly feel without it being nothing and as much as she’d remembered feeling, all at once. It sounded impossible, but it was as though her mind had been split in two when she swung. Part of her cried out in horror at the action she was taking. Part of her screamed with rage. But part of her wanted to do only what made Alvin happy. What would endear her to him, even though she was loosely aware that she shouldn’t feel that way. She was siding with him even though she knew deep down where thoughts are hidden that he was a monster. She would rather be a monster and with him than be dead and nowhere. So when Alvin screamed swing, she felt both horrified and compelled to swing the hammer with all of her might.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“How could he doubt such a lovely daughter who had agreed with him at each turn, though he’d had to break three of her fingers to convince her that he was right?”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“This was what Alvin Finch had learned: you can break their bones, but it is far better to break their heart. Suffice it to say that he had broken the father’s heart.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“He’d broken the man’s bone. And now he should break his fingers and both of his arms and both of his legs as instructed by the drawings. He should do it now, while the man was out. He already had the man’s right arm wrapped in towels, bridging the gap between two blocks of wood. He should break it. How would BoneMan know? He hadn’t seen any closed- circuit camera.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“At first Welsh just stared, as did Ryan. But when the meaning of what this room might hold for him formed in Welsh’s mind, he protested with a wide-eyed grunt.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“Instructions were written by each inset, detailing the correct amount of force to use so the bone wouldn’t break with enough force to cut through the skin. Along one wall sat a metal-framed bed. And on the bed lay several piles of four-by-four wooden blocks. A neatly folded stack of towels and several coils of string had been set at the head of the bed. Atop them lay a large sledgehammer and vise grips.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“Then the authorities had blamed another man for his mission and he’d taken a sabbatical, always knowing that he would resume his quest at the right time.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“On the other hand, Alvin was looking for the perfect daughter who would love him with complete devotion, the way he loved himself. Unable to find such a daughter, he’d killed all of the girls, satisfied that he was at least punishing the fathers.”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters

“Yes, well… that’s not good. I—” “A lot’s happened in this last month,”
― Ted Dekker, BoneMan's Daughters