“She'd be okay, he told himself, and he needed to be somewhere else. Somewhere so completely else that the grief wouldn't find him. Ignoring the fact that grief is not a stalker but a stowaway, always there and up for any journey.”
― No Two Persons
― No Two Persons
“It was as if she had been locked up in a lunatic asylum for so long that she had forgotten she was actually mad.”
― The Word is Murder
― The Word is Murder
“At the precise moment set out in the timetable, Meghan arrived at the chapel in a Rolls-Royce, the same vehicle that had carried Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee and the Duke of Windsor’s wife, to her husband’s funeral in 1972. The official’s choice was deliberate. As she stepped out of the limousine, Meghan’s bridal train was caught. The escorting officer who opened the door offered no help. The explanation foreshadowed what was to come. After her rudeness during the rehearsal the previous day, explained an officer, no one had any feelings of goodwill towards the bride.”
― Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors
― Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors
“Grief is a bill and until you pay it, life puts a lien on everything else.”
― The Trail of Lost Hearts
― The Trail of Lost Hearts
“Hawthorne certainly had a magnetic personality. Although, of course, magnets can repel as well as attract.”
― The Word is Murder
― The Word is Murder
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