The dog was lying very quietly in the small open space.
And then I noticed a little girl hanging from a tree.
Both feet dangled on the ground.
He had a backpack on his back, and something was written on a piece of paper hanging around his neck.

I'm traveling alone.
--- p.16

I've never seen Mia Kruger like this before.
We've come too far.
I probably won't be able to take her back again.
Although he was a detective who rarely lost his cool, Munch felt a chill down his spine whenever he thought of the little girl hanging from the tree.
--- p.79

Gabriel really wanted to go back to his bed right now.
In a matter of minutes, it felt like my life had completely changed.
How I wish I had never seen pictures like this.
He didn't even know that such people existed.
People who can do this kind of thing.
I suddenly felt desperate.
--- p.127

“Caroline?”
I couldn't believe my eyes.
Caroline wasn't in bed.
There was blood on the floor.
For a moment, I felt dizzy.
She stepped into the pool of blood.
This was definitely a dream.
I haven't woken up yet.
No matter how much the doctor advised me, I shouldn't have taken sleeping pills.
She didn't leave her daughter's bedroom until she was fully awake.
I hated dreams like this.
Caroline isn't in bed.
--- p.234

God says that children are pure and should be treated with the utmost care.
It is important that children be pure and clean, as pure as when they were in their mother's womb, and untainted by the passage of time since they came to this earth.
Children must be purified.
Even if it means setting it on fire.
Hellfire.
The pastor preached with a calm and gentle voice, as if he were the hand of God, strong on the outside but gentle on the inside.
--- p.326

It was total chaos, but Miriam did everything she could to calm them down.
Above all, I wanted to reassure them that it was important to live as normally as possible for their children.
But it always felt like there was a nagging noise in the back of my head.
You could be in great danger.
You have to be scared.
That actually happened.
--- p.394

Mia sat there for a long time, tears streaming down her face.

Come on, Mia, come on.

Sigri, the lovely, pretty, and affectionate Sigri.
What difference would it make if I shot that piece of trash? Nothing.
The tragedy only deepened.
The number of people who were sad only increased, and the gloom only grew.
I really didn't shoot the gun for this.
--- p.494

“You can’t blame them,” she said, giggling again.
“That’s what the old people say.
They lie alone all day.
The body is broken here and there.
Don't look back on your life and have regrets.
You have no idea how much I regret this.
I see a lot of old people like that.
Listen to their stories too.
If I had ten, I would have lived ten different lives.
Worry less about other people and think only about yourself.
“The further you go, the more experiences you have, the more happy memories you have.”

--- p.578