Irina Shapiro > Quotes

“A few shy stars and a pale moon had already appeared in the sky, ready to take up reign from the sun that had abdicated for the night. ”
― Irina Shapiro, Sins of Omission

“In the end, you’re alone with your grief, and it’s the one companion that never truly leaves you.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Highgate Cemetery Murder

“Kyle reflected on how complicated human nature really was and how little most people understood of the individuals they so cavalierly let into their lives. With age came wisdom, but also wariness and all too often bitterness and disappointment.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Shadow Bride

“Moments like this reminded him that it was possible to move forward and, if he only waited long enough, maybe life would have meaning once again.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Highgate Cemetery Murder

“and every prostitute in London will live in fear of conducting her business. Bad for the economy, Bell. And what’s bad for the economy and for the gentlemen who enjoy a bit of night sport and have the ear of those in government is bad for the police service. Do I make myself understood?”
― Irina Shapiro, The Highgate Cemetery Murder

“Because we’re resilient. It’s that resilience that has kept mankind going for centuries instead of lying down and putting an end to the misery that was life. People overcome. Always.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Devil's Den

“the”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder at Traitors' Gate

“promotions and new releases, please email me at irina.shapiro@yahoo.com with your name and email address, and I will happily add you to my mailing list. The”
― Irina Shapiro, The Queen's Gambit

“Perhaps it wasn’t a detrimental thing to examine one’s beliefs from time to time, but it did make for uncomfortable introspection that often resulted in personal growth one had never sought in the first place.”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder of a Hangman

“Girls love their fathers until they see them for the flawed creatures they are.”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder of Innocents

“No one lived a life devoid of loss and pain. The important thing was that it didn’t prevent them from feeling joy.”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder at Traitors' Gate

“I thought I was helping.” And the road to hell is paved with good intentions,”
― Irina Shapiro, The Passage

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder in Bloody Weald

“Romance and passion based on respect, friendship, and a deeper kind of love, which burned less bright than the initial heat of lust but was a steady flame which kept you warm for the rest of your days, or until death did you part.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Queen's Gambit

“Life offered no guarantees, but our path to happiness would certainly be a lot smoother than Alys and Jeremy’s, if we chose to take it.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Hanging Tree

“I wasn’t much of a believer, but I always liked churches, with their air of serenity and the promise of something bigger than oneself.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Passage

“One learned to live with loss, but the heart never stopped yearning for the people who were gone or the times when one had thought life would flow like a peaceful river rather than churn like the dark currents of rushing rapids that frothed over jagged stones.”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder in Bloody Weald

“that swung back and forth between unimaginable loss and heady gain, and the pain that seemed unbearable at the time often led to unexpected joy in the long run.”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder of a Vampire

“Few men wanted to be saved from themselves, and even fewer ever changed for the better.”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder of Innocents

“The conversation at dinner left Gemma feeling tired and melancholy. She’d had her fill of murder and wanted only to retire to her room”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder on the Prince Regent

“but life was full of surprises, both good and bad, and he made every effort to keep an open mind and treat every day as if it were a blank page in the book that was life.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Highgate Cemetery Murder

“hark”
― Irina Shapiro, Haunted Ground

“But even the most devoted and willfully ignorant of spouses eventually brushed the stardust from their eyes and saw the celestial body they worshipped as nothing more than a sphere of burning plasma that generated a whole lot of hot air once they saw past its dazzling light.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Devil's Den

“happened?”
― Irina Shapiro, The Passage

“The Barbary pirates and slave owners were known for their cruelty. It’s a little-known fact that the word barbaric is derived from Barbary. They had little regard for human life and saw the people they captured as nothing more than a commodity.” “In”
― Irina Shapiro, The Shadow Bride

“She gave him hope, and as long as there was hope, there was life.”
― Irina Shapiro, Haunted Ground

“She wasn’t impressed with dandies, whom she found ridiculous and effete. She liked men who looked the part and were handsome in a classic, solid way.”
― Irina Shapiro, The Highgate Cemetery Murder

“Few people’s lives are devoid of tragedy, but it’s what you do after that counts.”
― Irina Shapiro, Murder on the Prince Regent

“ball”
― Irina Shapiro, The House on the Hill

“back in the direction of the village, but it wasn’t uncommon for spelling to change over time. “How are you this morning, Mistress Ashley?” Hugo asked as he rode next to”
― Irina Shapiro, The Passage