Jo Callaghan > Quotes

“You can like gaming and novels, you know. They’re just different ways of telling stories.”
― Jo Callaghan, Human Remains

“Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” was popularised in the seventeenth century as a pictorial Shinto maxim, carved in the famous Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine in Nikkō, Japan.’ Lock pointed to the image that it projected before them. ‘This famous carving depicts three monkeys, one covering its eyes, another its ears and the third its mouth with their hands. The three wise monkeys, as they’re known, are generally believed to illustrate the idea of protecting oneself from seeing, hearing or speaking of unsavoury behaviour, building upon a Buddhist tenet of not dwelling upon evil thoughts. But in Western cultures, it has become a more negative rather than an aspirational proverb, implying criticism of those who choose to look away from or remain silent about immoral acts.”
― Jo Callaghan, Leave No Trace

“despite re-interviewing all of Tyrone’s friends,”
― Jo Callaghan, In The Blink of An Eye

“it was easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.”
― Jo Callaghan, In the Blink of an Eye

“It has no filter or fear of reprisals, so until it learns more about the nuances of human conversation and interaction, some of its comments may seem a bit rude.”
― Jo Callaghan, In the Blink of an Eye

“Do you remember our first appointment, when I told you how I’d self-harmed for years? You said something that stuck with me. You explained that some people—men, mostly—tend to deal with grief and trauma by turning their rage outwards onto the world—they get into fights, smash things up, kick off a war or two. But others—women, especially—tend to turn their anger inwards, inflicting our pain upon ourselves. You said that the mind sometimes shuts out traumatic memories that it literally cannot bear to remember, but that the body still keeps the score.”
― Jo Callaghan, Leave No Trace

“Never ask a question until you’re sure you’ll get the answer you want.”
― Jo Callaghan, In the Blink of an Eye

“They can only say no if we’re stupid enough”
― Jo Callaghan, In the Blink of an Eye

“don’t apologise unless you’ve done something illegal.”
― Jo Callaghan, In the Blink of an Eye

“Well, someone cleverer than me once said that when you ask someone for advice, you kind of know what they’re going to say, so when you choose who to ask you’ve already decided what you want to do.”
― Jo Callaghan, In the Blink of an Eye

“That’s the difference between us scientists and the police, professor. We ask for more data, but meanwhile they have to make life-and-death decisions. And then they have to live—or die—with the consequences.”
― Jo Callaghan, Leave No Trace

“Professor Okonedo sighed. ‘I’m sorry. So, what happens now?”
― Jo Callaghan, Human Remains

“Don’t ask, don’t get.”
― Jo Callaghan, In the Blink of an Eye