Kerry Wilkinson > Quotes

“I am doing enough to survive but it isn’t the same as living.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, Reckoning

“Keeping a secret is like being constipated. It's a pain in the arse and then, sooner or later, it all comes out anyway.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, Close to You

“You learned to judge people on their actions, not their wealth, name or occupation.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, Locked In

“Saying you want to escape is the easy part; actually figuring out how to do it is not quite so simple.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, Reckoning

“When I barely had anything, I’d budget to every last penny and knew what everything cost. Now, in no time at all, it’s as if I’ve forgotten all that. I have got to stop spending.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, A Face in the Crowd

“No, not 'it'. Fate was a she. Leah and fate were friends. They always had been”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The Night of the Sleepover

“The sheets were tucked tightly, like they always are in hotels, as if they’re trying to stop people from getting inside.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, Last Night

“When the line cut back in, he sounded out of breath, as if he’d lifted his arm, or bent over.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“everything. Was the mature cheddar better than the sharp cheddar? What about the”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The One Who Fell

“She was the mother of a missing boy. The daughter of an abusive killer of a father. Jennifer was a victim. But Leah knew better than anyone what victims were capable of”
― Kerry Wilkinson, After the Sleepover

“Any word from our lads keeping an eye on the jewellery and pawn shops?’ ‘Nope – though there are rumours Franks misheard the instruction and ended up in a porno shop.’ ‘Wouldn’t surprise me, the dirty sod. Good rumour – let’s keep telling people that. What else is going on?”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“The sort of thing worn by those yummy-mummy types who charge around in 4x4s for no particular reason.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The Child Across the Street

“First boyfriends and girlfriends always mean something.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The Child Across the Street

“moment”
― Kerry Wilkinson, Something Buried

“asked.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The One Who Fell

“A minute and a half later and it came: ‘Go.’ Jessica turned to the biggest officer, who put his size elevens to good use with the crunching eloquence of splintering wood, and in they went. The officer with the big feet was a bit carried away, bellowing ‘Get down on the floor’ at the top of his voice as if they were ambushing terrorists intent on exploding a dirty bomb, rather than a young woman who was ‘def not a size 8’ and potentially a punter who would be more worried about finding his pants than anything else. ‘I’m not messing, get down on the ground!”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“Leah wasn't sure if that was a question. It sounded like one but adults had a habit of not saying what they actually meant”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The Night of the Sleepover

“She picked fights over uniform policy because there was little else in the curriculum to push the boundaries of her intelligence.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The Tapes

“In my day, a student flat would be full of beer cans, bongs and sex toys. Now it’s all herbal teas, textbooks and Disney movies. It’s a disgrace.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“Oh, great, all the things I was dealing with are solved because someone told me to be a bit happier. Daff starts wittering about some night out she’s planning this evening.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, A Face in the Crowd

“You know what those slimy bastards are like – they’d probably claim Pavel was innocently walking along the alley when someone threw the body at him. He put his hands up to protect himself and ended up getting his skin under the dead body’s nails.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“People could get nicked for carrying a butter knife in their back pockets, yet women were allowed to walk around with talons on their fingers and nobody batted an eyelid. Well, unless said eyelid was ripped off their faces by an errant claw and then they’d have something to say about it.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“Interview nine – Janine Smith, forty-eight; theft from a shop x24, threatening behaviour x4. Dark top cut far too low for a woman of her age, skinny jeans that should only be worn by someone skinny, hint of a moustache, mullet. Quite the catch:”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“We have marriage archives dating back almost three hundred years.’ Archie sniggered: ‘I feel sorry for the poor sod who’s been married for three hundred years. Imagine the nagging.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“Mud stuck and the town was too small to have it flung around”
― Kerry Wilkinson, After the Sleepover

“suppose graveyards are supposed to be this cold and eerie. It doesn’t feel like a place in which life could thrive.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, Last Night

“eleven,”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The One Who Fell

“The key to being a great liar was to surround the fib in truth”
― Kerry Wilkinson, The Night of the Sleepover

“I can barely understand what half the street kids are on about nowadays, let alone knowing eight languages.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer

“Don’t worry about him. Everyone from New Jersey’s a complete asshole.”
― Kerry Wilkinson, For Richer, For Poorer