'Barbarity's everywhere, that's the truth of it. Absolutely anyone is capable of absolutely anything.' 'My… — Susan Howatch
'Barbarity's everywhere, that's the truth of it. Absolutely anyone is capable of absolutely anything.'
'My dear Papa, I had no idea you were such a cynic!'
'That's not cynicism, that's honesty — as you well know, dealing with criminals as you do, seeing the human race continually at its worst.'
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