John Nicholl > Quotes

“Forgiveness has a great capacity to heal even in the most difficult of situations.”
― John Nicholl, White is the Coldest Colour

“Sadly, life has taught me that attempting to determine our future is something of a lottery. We can try, we should always try, but there are no guarantees.”
― John Nicholl, When Evil Calls Your Name

“dearly hope that neither Jack nor his family ever encounter one of the vile predatory monsters that inhabit our world. Be careful who you trust, that’s my advice. They can all too easily destroy your life, as he did mine.”
― John Nicholl, When Evil Calls Your Name

“We don’t see the future. That’s not the way it is. We can’t see around the corner what’s awaiting us.”
― John Nicholl, The Bride

“Nothing lasts forever, not in this world, not in this life. I didn’t know it then, but the clock was ticking, tick tock, tick tock.”
― John Nicholl, The Bride

“Work matters, careers, success and all the trappings that go with them are all very well, but they’re not life, not what really matters when we look back to evaluate our lives.”
― John Nicholl, The Bride

“Yes, real life can be stranger than fiction. It can change in the blink of an eye. Everything we know, love, trust and rely on can be turned on its head at a blinding, wrecking-ball speed we can’t hope to resist.”
― John Nicholl, The Bride

“Mum sometimes says that there is danger of confusing equal opportunity with being fundamentally the same.”
― John Nicholl, When Evil Calls Your Name

“our lives all end up in plastic bags, and it seems it’s true.”
― John Nicholl, The Bride

“alone and vulnerable, a prisoner with no chance of escape; the first test of many. Her reaction would tell him so much of her character. Gove became increasingly aroused as he indulged in his fantasy, picturing the fear in Lucy’s eyes as she began to understand her new reality for the first”
― John Nicholl, The Cellar

“Red flags aren’t always as visible as they seem. Sometimes we don’t see them at all.”
― John Nicholl, The Bride

“Memories don’t always focus on the big stuff.”
― John Nicholl, The Bride

“I would say her mood swings are down to the pregnancy, but she hasn’t been expecting for the last ten years.”
― John Nicholl, The Carmarthen Murders

“The joys, the sorrows soon will end. The tomb confines all mortals! Do not cry or place flowers at my grave. Do not place a cross with my name to cover these bones! Ah, the misguided desire to smile; God pardon and accept me, all is finished.”
― John Nicholl, A Cold Cold Heart

“I read somewhere that our lives all end up in plastic bags,”
― John Nicholl, The Bride

“How much beer are you drinking these days?’ ‘Seven or eight pints.’ ‘A week?’ ‘A day.’ She shook her head and scowled. ‘What about the whisky?’ ‘One or two a week.’ ‘Glasses?’ ‘Bottles.”
― John Nicholl, A Cold Cold Heart

“am sorry to tell you that your partner is dead.’ You see, words are important. Just eleven words, and my life was devastated. There was no room for hope, no room for bargaining, no room for denial and no room for pleading. A light had gone out and would never shine again.”
― John Nicholl, When Evil Calls Your Name

“Grav laughed, causing his overhanging beer gut to wobble like a birthday jelly. ‘Yeah, I’m starting ballet classes next week. My saggy arse will look good in the tights.’ ‘Now,”
― John Nicholl, Portraits of the Dead