Rachel Bowdler > Quotes

“It hadn’t occurred to her that somebody might find beauty in her wobbly lines and accidental splatters. She didn’t know why. It wasn’t as though every painting, every artist, she had studied had been perfect. Perfect didn’t exist in the art world – and yet she expected it, had been taught to expect it, of herself. Why?”
― Rachel Bowdler, Paint Me Yours

“Because I don’t like to bother the dead. Usually, when they want to talk, they let me know — but it seems this one wants to be bothered.”
― Rachel Bowdler, A Haunting at Hartwell Hall

“Bryce was special, Thea was beginning to realize. She wouldn’t find that same connection anywhere else.”
― Rachel Bowdler, Partners in Crime

“Deep down, though, she knew what had really driven Thea here. She knew why her best friend could never let these cases go, knew why she took it upon herself to try to solve them. They rarely covered unsolved mysteries on the podcast anymore. Thea always needed an answer — because she’d never gotten one for herself.”
― Rachel Bowdler, Partners in Crime

“She had thought that a love like this would make her ache, but here, now, she couldn't imagine it ever aching. It was the only thing in her life, perhaps, that didn't hurt at all.”
― Rachel Bowdler, Partners in Crime