Helen Smith > Quotes

“Men are like cigarettes. I only want one when I'm drunk.”
― Helen Smith, Being light

“She has carefully audited her life and found she has no requirement for a husband.”
― Helen Smith, Alison Wonderland

“I never realized before that taking care of someone makes you love them more than when they take care of you.”
― Helen Smith, Alison Wonderland

“He hadn’t realized that the ordinary little things that happened, the ones that took place between the big events while waiting for something more exciting to happen – they were the most important, after all.”
― Helen Smith, The Miracle Inspector

“instalments”
― Helen Smith, The Miracle Inspector

“in bed”
― Helen Smith, Being Light: Adventures of a London Detective Agency

“say “fire flowers.”’ ‘That’s”
― Helen Smith, The London Stories

“I got a DJ stage name: “Hana-bi” – Japanese name. You know what it means?’ Emily obviously didn’t look like much of a linguist because Midori didn’t wait for her to reply before supplying the answer. ‘“Fireworks”.”
― Helen Smith, The London Stories