Helen Phifer > Quotes

“Life was supposed to be a wonderful thing, but sometimes life was not as good as you imagined.”
― Helen Phifer, The Vanishing Bookstore

“Real magic is the feeling deep inside of you when you realise that your veins are filled with moonlight and stardust. It’s an instinct, a calling, when you can sit outside and hear the insects and birds chattering to you, when you notice the rainbows and the shooting stars, the moon’s glorious phases, the changes in the weather, the trees whispering as you walk on by. Magic is all around us, yet few people choose to acknowledge it.”
― Helen Phifer, The Vanishing Bookstore

“She had a seven-year-old son who liked to play out in the front garden and she felt sick at the thought of someone taking him away.”
― Helen Phifer, The Hiding Place

“It was once a house of God, but not after that terrible night. It changed; they let that woman in and it changed their lives for ever.”
― Helen Phifer, The Good Sisters

“Coffee was life, there was no doubt in Morgan’s mind that the cardboard cup full of magic set her up for the entire day.”
― Helen Phifer, Poison Memories

“books were always the same, constant entertainment with no fuss.”
― Helen Phifer, Her Lips Are Sealed

“He lifted a finger and jabbed it into Jasmine’s arm. ‘She’s bloody stiffer than Smithy here after his daily dose of Viagra.”
― Helen Phifer, Hold Your Breath

“She’d rather starve or as Ben would say, shit in her hands and clap.”
― Helen Phifer, Find the Girl

“Neither of them spoke much on the way back to the station, and Morgan was desperate to change out of her soiled uniform. As if reading her mind, Ben parked up, saying, ‘You can go get changed, shower then come up to the office.’ ‘I’d better go and speak to my sergeant, tell him where I’m going. They might be short on patrol if I come up now.’ ‘You sort yourself out, and I’ll speak to Mads. He won’t mind; the DCI requested we ask you as soon as possible.’ That wasn’t strictly true, he knew. He’d requested Ben find someone ASAP. He hadn’t specifically requested Morgan, but she didn’t need to know that. She went in the direction of the women’s locker room, and he headed to the patrol sergeant’s office. Knocking on the door, he walked in without waiting to be asked. ‘Mads.’ ‘Ben, how’s it going? Is Morgan with you, is she coping okay? It’s a bit much for your first independent patrols.’ ‘She’s fine; at least she seems it. Look, I need some help. We’re desperately short-staffed and Tom said to find someone today. I’ve asked her and she’s happy to come up and do a three-month attachment. It will be a massive help.’ ‘What? It’s her second day. Don’t you want someone slightly more experienced and who’s willing to take on the extra caseload? Dan has been wanting to come up for months. He’d be more than happy to.’ Ben shut the door and lowered his voice. ‘Dan’s difficult; I can’t work with him. Not at the moment. This is the biggest murder case I’ve ever worked on, and I need to be focused. I can’t afford to spend all day wasting my effort trying to keep him in line. Morgan’s keen and has been on the case from the moment it was called in. I think she’ll be okay.’ ‘I think she won’t, she’s inexperienced.’ ‘Yes, but she’s confident and I have faith in her. Don’t forget, you owe me one.”
― Helen Phifer, One Left Alive

“She left the café feeling a little overwhelmed; random acts of kindness were so lovely. She would be sure to pay it forward at some point today.”
― Helen Phifer, Two Broken Girls

“tomorrow.”
― Helen Phifer, Dark House

“The aroma of freshly brewed coffee smelled amazing; it never failed to spark something inside of her and make her brain function better.”
― Helen Phifer, Twisted Bones

“is a psychic from what I’ve been told and quite a good one.’ Ben stared at him. ‘Maybe not that good if she didn’t see this happening.”
― Helen Phifer, Stolen Darlings

“How old are you, Detective?’ ‘That’s irrelevant, Morgan has lots of experience working missing persons and serious crimes.’ Ben was sticking up for her, but she didn’t need him to.”
― Helen Phifer, Silent Angel

“Ted Bundy was a handsome, charismatic guy and look how that ended.”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls

“Give it a rest. I’m bored out of my tree as well.”
― Helen Phifer, The Haunting on West 10th Street

“Vanessa pulled a face that resembled the expression someone would make if they’d stepped in a pile of steaming vomit.”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls

“About Damn Time” by Lizzo, yes, she’s brilliant. I love that song; I love all her songs.’ Maggie nodded. ‘Me too, she’s like a breath of fresh air and I think we should all be more Lizzo.”
― Helen Phifer, Their Burning Graves

“memories were precious. At the end of the day, you could have millions of pounds in the bank, but it meant nothing if you had no special memories in your heart.”
― Helen Phifer, Hold Your Breath

“Humans seemed to be good at blaming themselves whenever things went wrong, even if it had nothing to do with them”
― Helen Phifer, The Killer's Girl

“be”
― Helen Phifer, The Book of Unwritten Stories

“And the more she dealt with the depravity of humans and the way they treated each other, the harder the yearning became for a much simpler way of life”
― Helen Phifer, Poison Memories

“The world was full of good people, if you took the time to look.”
― Helen Phifer, Lakeview House

“What were you expecting, the shack from Friday the 13th at Camp Crystal Lake? A few animal skins hanging from the ceiling, the missing camper chained to the wall?”
― Helen Phifer, Find the Girl

“No, everything is not okay. How could”
― Helen Phifer, Last Light

“He had as much willpower as a rabbit in a field of carrots.”
― Helen Phifer, Their Dying Embrace

“Wendy was shining her torch on the body. ‘Her chest is moving?’ ‘Yeah, lots of maggots under that top.”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls

“Honestly eat the cake, drink the coffee,”
― Helen Phifer, Stolen Darlings

“Or he’s just crazy as a box of frogs.”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls

“Bronte looked to see what she was reading and smiled at the book she was holding: The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden was on her to be read list.”
― Helen Phifer, Save Her Twice