Frances Heneghan

“you can’t be clever and complicated and have everyone like you”
― Paul Murray, The Bee Sting

“is a prince even human? If you add him up, does the total make a man? He is made of shards and broken fragments of the past, of prophecies and of the dreams of his ancestral line. The tides of history break inside him, their current threatens to carry him away. His blood is not his own, but ancient blood.”
― Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light

“Life is not a plot; it’s in the details.”
― Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts

“an unruly pupil during his early years in school, which, according to the author of the article, was typical for highly gifted and under-stimulated children.”
― David Lagercrantz, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye