"He's nothing. He's a liar. He's taken human lives. I feel sorry for his mother, to give birth to such a monster."

"[To] call Nilsen a monster is to avoid the issue. People identified as 'witches' were once burned without further ado…"

"I would say that he wanted the bodies to be there because it assured him how in control he was of other people. This …"

"Being a loner has its advantages, a self-containment necessary for keeping body and 'soul' alive and progressing. Dyi…"

"My troubles started there. It blighted my personality permanently. I have spent all my emotional life searching for m…"

"Many years ago I was a boy drowning in the sea. I am always drowning in the sea... down amongst the dead men, deep do…"

"In those days I could hate Adam Scott very easily. I was, I suppose, very jealous of him having a relationship with a…"

"I eased him into his new bed [beneath the floorboards] ... A week later, I wondered whether his body had changed at a…"

"I could only relate to a dead image of the person I could love. The image of my dead grandfather would be the model o…"

"No-one but Nilsen's lawyer and one or two close confidantes have read [his autobiography] (it's not published don't f…"