Alan Gibbons > Quotes

“Misery is a routine you can learn to live with. It's like rain. Once you're soaked to the skin, you can't get any wetter.”
― Alan Gibbons, The Dark Beneath

“Anthony imagined a time before all that - a time when people sipped Earl Grey tea on a breeze cooled veranda and looked out upon endless countryside.”
― Alan Gibbons, The Dark Beneath

“Long gone was the cheery welcome of the seaside hotelier, replaced by a weary nostalgia for the good old days.”
― Alan Gibbons, The Dark Beneath

“Riley was the exception to the feast of cholesterol. For him it was dry toast, black coffee and lashings of self pity.”
― Alan Gibbons, The Dark Beneath

“Sometimes, when I was looking out for my own happiness, I almost forgot you existed.”
― Alan Gibbons, The Edge

“Was it too much to expect a future?”
― Alan Gibbons, The Dark Beneath