Stuart Neville > Quotes

“Hate is a terrible thing. It's a wasteful, stupid emotion. You can hate someone with all your heart, but it'll never do them a bit of harm. The only person it hurts is you. You can spend your days hating, letting it eat away at you, and the person you hate will go on living just the same. So, what's the point?”
― Stuart Neville, The Twelve

“You can't choose where you belong, and where you don't. But what if the place you don't belong is the only place you have left?”
― Stuart Neville, The Ghosts of Belfast

“... but they could barely organize a round of beers.”
― Stuart Neville, The Ghosts of Belfast

“... his mind flaking with the rust of fatigue.”
― Stuart Neville, Collusion

“Hate's a terrible thing. It's a wasteful, stupid emotion. You can hate someone with all your heart, but it'll never do them a bit of harm. The only person it hurts is you. You can spend your days hating, letting it eat away at you, and the person you hate will go on living just the same. So what's the point?”
― Stuart Neville, The Ghosts of Belfast

“The choice not taken ceases to exist once that decision is made. A person might as well regret the direction of the wind, or the shape of a cloud.”
― Stuart Neville, The Final Silence

“Hate�'s a terrible thing. It�'s a wasteful, stupid emotion. You can hate someone with all your heart, but it'�ll never do them a bit of harm. The only person it hurts is you. You can spend your days hating, letting it eat away at you, and the person you hate will go on living just the same. So, what'�s the point?”
― Stuart Neville, The Twelve

“Hate’s a terrible thing. It’s a wasteful, stupid emotion. You can hate someone with all your heart, but it’ll never do them a bit of harm. The only person it hurts is you. You can spend your days hating, letting it eat away at you, and the person you hate will go on living just the same. So, what’s the point?”
― Stuart Neville, The Ghosts of Belfast

“- and Stella had that kind of face. One that looked permanently guilty, as if some form of mischief was in the recent past, the near future, or both.”
― Stuart Neville, The Ghosts of Belfast

“Remove a man from the world for a year then drop him back into it, expecting him to simply pick up where he left off. It doesn't wok. He'll be lost.”
― Stuart Neville, Those We Left Behind