Andrea Hicks > Quotes

“Hark at us. It’s Christmas Eve and we’re talking about asylums.”
― Andrea Hicks, 99 Nightingale Lane Boxset

“Why am I always waiting for someone to do something?’ ‘It’s life. People don’t always do what you expect them to do.”
― Andrea Hicks, 99 Nightingale Lane Boxset

“Maybe not the best time to have a baby,’ Dorothy murmured, almost to herself. ‘It’s always a good time and never a good time,’ said Carrie, finding a smile for her friend. ‘That’s what they say on the streets.”
― Andrea Hicks, 99 Nightingale Lane Boxset

“Suddenly she didn’t know what to hope for anymore. She realised that waiting for David had almost become an occupation in itself,”
― Andrea Hicks, 99 Nightingale Lane Boxset

“I might go and visit the Sterns,’ she said. ‘Say I’m new in town and would they mind introducing me to society.’ She stuck her nose in the air and walked towards Carrie stopping in front of her. ‘Oh, ‘ello,’ she said in a plummy voice. ‘Me name is Pearl Watson, and I’ve just come up from ‘ampshire, don’t yer know. I wondered if you wouldn’t mind pointing me in the right direction for slumming it with the toffee-nosed nobs what live in this street.”
― Andrea Hicks, 99 Nightingale Lane Boxset

“fit as a butchers’ dog”
― Andrea Hicks, 99 Nightingale Lane Boxset

“I’ve got enough on me plate.”
― Andrea Hicks, 99 Nightingale Lane Boxset