Lucy Jago > Quotes

“Chance, time, the rules of civilized life, grief, pain, an imbalance of humors, all make it extraordinary that any of us are ever happy. When we are, it is fleeting.”
― Lucy Jago, A Net for Small Fishes

“Death had snatched colour away with the Prince’s life.”
― Lucy Jago, A Net for Small Fishes

“In the bitter air, the grieving were wreathed in white by their sighs.”
― Lucy Jago, A Net for Small Fishes

“Then, quite unexpectedly, she embraced Barbara for a long time. Barbara could feel the movement of the child inside her belly.”
― Lucy Jago, A Net for Small Fishes

“Murder and marriage is not a happy mix.”
― Lucy Jago, A Net for Small Fishes