Stephanie

“It gave people the right to pity me. And in my opinion, there is nothing more degrading than pity.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Darkest Evening

“she’d never had a best friend, no one with whom she could share her dreams. The nearest she had was Joe Ashworth.”
― Ann Cleeves, Harbour Street

“She allowed herself a moment of self-pity, while she thought how different her life would have been if her mother had lived. Because her mother would have loved her, wouldn’t she? Unconditionally. She would have taken her into town and bought her the sort of clothes the other girls wore, had tea ready on the table when she got in from school, taken an interest. All the things that Hector had never managed to do. It occurred to her that with a mother like that, she’d have grown into a different woman. Softer, weaker. Not so good at her job.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Darkest Evening

“her judgement had been spoton.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Long Call