Jane Casey > Quotes

“There are two things that cannot be taken back- the sped arrow and the spoken word.”
― Jane Casey, The Missing

“Sometimes the hardest thing is admitting you were wrong. It’s hard to say you need to be forgiven.”
― Jane Casey

“She wouldn't have died if I hadn't taught her how to fall.”
― Jane Casey, How to Fall

“Speculation is a dangerous thing without any evidence to back it up.”
― Jane Casey

“He held on to me so tightly it was as if he was trying to stop my heart from breaking by holding it together.”
― Jane Casey, Let the Dead Speak

“Either women are our equals and don’t need special treatment, or they are fragile and require opportunities to be created for them, and quotas, and so forth. Feminists seem to be promoting a most confused and illogical ideology that is much more about making trouble than anything else. And of course, they aren’t good company, these people.”
― Jane Casey, The Cutting Place

“You couldn’t take anything for granted, and the day you did was the day it would all go wrong.”
― Jane Casey, The Killing Kind

“Vaše ložnice je támhle nad vchodem? No, jestli jste vy nic neslyšela, tak si neumím představit, že by něco slyšel někdo jiný. Nějaké matky po porodu v téhle ulici nejsou?"
Zavrtěla jsem hlavou, jeho otázka mě docela pobavila, ale on se zatvářil zklamaně. "Nejlepší svědkové na světě jsou mámy novorozeňat. V noci každou chvíli vzhůru, nemají na práci nic jiného než kojit mimina a dívat se z okna. Kojící matky a důchodci jsou moji nejmilejší svědci.”
― Jane Casey, The Missing

“He's a lovely person and he's married, so be nice."
"I'm always nice "
"Not in a way that's noticeable to the casual observer".”
― Jane Casey, Cruel Acts

“The commissioner has requested permission to use water cannon against the civilian population for the first time in British history—” “Although it has been used in Northern Ireland,” the interviewer chipped in. “Yes, in very specific circumstances.” And who cares about the Paddies anyway? I filled in silently. As usual, what was perfectly acceptable in Belfast or Derry would be an outrage in Southwark.”
― Jane Casey, The Kill

“This is the place where death rejoices to help those who live. It's written somewhere in every morgue I've ever been in. Nice way of looking at it, isn't it?”
― Jane Casey, The Last Girl

“Boys are more likely to snap. You can see it, can’t you?”
― Jane Casey, One in Custody

“Because of course, for every revelation of weakness, there had to be an equal and opposite show of strength.”
― Jane Casey

“He’d have denied it to his dying breath but Derwent wasn’t as tough as he pretended to be. For the very small number of people he cared about, Derwent would give his all. It made him vulnerable, and every now and then that vulnerability showed.”
― Jane Casey

“Prosecuting young Aaron isn’t going to be easy. They’ll have to treat Sheila as a hostile witness, because she won’t give evidence against him. It’s a gift to his defence.’ ‘The prosecution will just have to cope.”
― Jane Casey, One in Custody

“I liked dogs but collies tended toward the unpredictable, which was another way of saying most of them were borderline psychotic, and I would no more have attempted to pat its head than I would have put my hand in a fire.”
― Jane Casey, The Last Girl

“I was in a seriously bad mood by the time I got back to the incident room and the comparative comfort of my desk.”
― Jane Casey, The Burning

“I think about death a lot, but I was not thinking about it the day it came for me.”
― Jane Casey, The Killing Kind

“I mean, nothing seems to have been taken. Her hands aren’t tied. This place isn’t a park, not like the other ones.”
― Jane Casey, The Burning

“Look, I’m not having this conversation. Not here in the middle of the road.’ ‘Is that it? That’s your response?’ ‘Shut up,’ he said through gritted teeth. I was angry enough and unwise enough to snap back. ‘Make me.’ Something flickered in his eyes and I knew what he was going to do before he did it: a stride as smooth as a dance step, his fingers caught in my hair, his mouth on mine. Inevitable. I asked for that, I thought, stuck to the spot like a moth with a pin through it.”
― Jane Casey, The Close

“If I’ve learned one thing doing this job it’s that evil can be anywhere. Even here.”
― Jane Casey, Let the Dead Speak

“The team had held a massive leaving party (for DI Tom Judd) to celebrate. We hadn't made the mistake of inviting Judd himself.”
― Jane Casey, The Reckoning

“You should know that it doesn’t last when it’s all about sex. No matter how much you fancy each other, that wears off eventually. Then you’re left with one another.’ She sniffed. ‘There’s no guarantee he’ll still be interested when he doesn’t want to shag you any more.”
― Jane Casey, The Close

“You don’t know everything.’ He was pronouncing everything very distinctly but his eyes refused to focus on me. ‘You think you do.’ ‘Everything about what?’ I was mystified. ‘The case?’ ‘No.’ He shook his head. ‘No. Not saying. No comment.’ He had been so determined not to let anything slip when he was out with the team that he had retained the need for secrecy without being able to recognise whether it was needed. ‘Josh, you can say anything to me. You don’t have to be careful.’ ‘Could be given in evidence against me.’ He waved a finger at me, blinking. ‘So no.’ ‘OK,’ I said, frustrated. I could wait until the following day for a proper debrief, assuming he could remember anything by then. He slid away from the kitchen counter and crossed the room to where I was standing, not quite managing to do it in a straight line. He put his arms on my shoulders and leaned his forehead against mine. ‘The thing is, I can’t.’ ‘Can’t what?’ ‘You know.’ He sighed and I leaned away.”
― Jane Casey, The Close

“The marathon running was a hobby that had raised eyebrows among my colleagues, most of whom counted a short jog to the vending machine as exercise. According to them, long-distance running was public masochism and a further sign that Derwent wasn’t to be trusted.”
― Jane Casey, The Reckoning

“I knelt gingerly on the dry half of the mattress and put my gloved palm just above the bloody smear Sheila had left. I put my right hand up to block Derwent’s swinging arm, and I leaned over where the body had been.”
― Jane Casey, One in Custody

“If you start giving in to how you feel, where does it end? What else are you going to give up?”
― Jane Casey, The Killing Kind

“A long, slow shake of his head. ‘We can’t. Off limits. Absolutely not OK.’ I started to laugh. ‘No … I meant bed for you, on your own.’ ‘S’for the best.’ He blinked at me soulfully and I nodded. ‘That’s what I thought.’ ‘Goodnight.”
― Jane Casey, The Close

“And Derwent sat with Stephen, on the other side of the door, listening to him die.
I talked to Mitchford until my throat was raw, until I was swaying with fatigue, until a proper negotiator arrived and took over from me. I hauled myself up to where Derwent sat on the floor beside the still-locked door , his elbows on his knees, his head in his hands. He didn't look up when I stopped beside him.

'Go away'

'Josh-'

'No. Go'

I went.”
― Jane Casey, Silent Kill

“No one took you seriously until you were dead, and by then – from your point of view, anyway – it was too late.”
― Jane Casey, The Killing Kind