Kathy Shuker > Quotes

“Letting go’ sounded like such an easy thing to do...but actually involved a lot of pain.”
― Kathy Shuker, Deep Water, Thin Ice

“There was almost an air of penance about her, as if, by doing these dirty jobs which she found so distasteful, she was trying to repay some debt. And, to judge from the shadowy sadness which she carried around her like a mantle, it was about as effective as throwing in spadefuls of sand to dam a flowing river.”
― Kathy Shuker, Deep Water, Thin Ice

“He had found that jealousy – or perhaps the fear of betrayal – was no respecter of age. Indeed, if anything, he thought getting older simply made it worse; he felt more vulnerable now.”
― Kathy Shuker, Silent Faces, Painted Ghosts

“When she’d been younger relationships appeared so much easier and more black and white; love was an overriding emotion, seemingly obvious to identify. These days the word ‘love’ conjured up a breadth of feelings; she recognised more shades of grey in it.”
― Kathy Shuker, Deep Water, Thin Ice

“If you knew in advance that something momentous and terrible would happen you’d make an effort to imprint it all in your mind, wouldn’t you, every detail. But of course you don’t know. And perhaps that’s just as well.”
― Kathy Shuker, Silent Faces, Painted Ghosts