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121 " His minute steak was tough and chewy, the chips were too greasy, and the ketchup wasn’t Heinz. "
― Lisa Jewell , I Found You
122 " You didn't lose me, Laurel. I'm still yours. I'll always be yours.''Well that's not strictly true, is it?'He sighs again. 'Where it counts. As the father of your children, as a friend, as someone who has shared a journey with you, and as someone who loves you and cares about you. I don't need to be married to you to be all those things. Those things are deeper than marriage. Those things are forever. "
― Lisa Jewell , Then She Was Gone
123 " doorway for a second and looks at her mother, absorbs the shape of her and the exquisite feeling of her existence in the world. "
124 " Poppy is wearing a loose-fitting dress made of blue and white striped cotton, with navy woolen tights and a pair of navy leather pumps. Her brown hair is tied back and has two small red clips in it. It’s a very formal outfit for a young girl, Laurel feels. The sort of thing she’d have had to bribe both her girls to wear when they were that age "
125 " Sophie’s gut reaction had been no. No no no no no. She was a Londoner. She was independent. She had a career of her own. A social life. Her family lived in London. "
― Lisa Jewell , The Night She Disappeared
126 " But nothing was often everything in forensics. Nothing could often be the answer to the whole bloody thing. "
― Lisa Jewell , Watching You
127 " And how had she felt during those first few excruciatingly unfolding hours? What had filled her brain, her heart, to replace all those petty concerns? Terror. Despair. Grief. Horror. Agony. Turmoil. Heartbreak. Fear. All those words, all so melodramatic, yet all so insufficient. "
128 " a sea of disembodied thumbs senselessly pressing hearts. "
129 " I remember his face when my father said that he no longer had private health cover, how quickly he left the house, how he dropped his unctuous demeanor like a brick. He sent him straight to the hospital in an NHS ambulance and left without saying goodbye. "
― Lisa Jewell , The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
130 " She slept all night with the bedroom window open even though she knows women are advised not to. She arranged glasses in a row along her windowsill so that if a man did break in at least she would have some warning. "
131 " It’s been ten years since Ellie Mack disappeared, a fifteen year old fro north London, disappeared on her way to the library. "
― Lisa Jewell
132 " I thought of what I'd allowed myself to become, for you. I never wanted that bloody child. I only wanted you. "
133 " If, quite against all of Adele’s naturally held beliefs, it turned out that there was an afterlife, she strongly suspected that in heaven it would always be a Friday night. "
― Lisa Jewell , The Girls in the Garden
134 " Do you love him?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Do you love him enough to hurt a lot of people who don’t deserve to be hurt?’ ‘How do you expect me to answer that?’ ‘It’s a tough question, but you do need to answer it. Not now, but over the next hours and days. "
135 " It’s amazing how boring you can get away with being when you’re pretty. No one seems to notice. When you’re pretty everyone just assumes you must have a great life. People are so short-sighted, sometimes. People are so stupid. "
― Lisa Jewell , Invisible Girl
136 " last night. As far as I know.’ Meg groaned. ‘You’re all fucking useless, "
― Lisa Jewell , The House We Grew Up In
137 " Other mothers lose children without losing their husbands, too.” “You didn’t lose me, Laurel. I’m still yours. I’ll always be yours.” “Well, that’s not strictly true, is it?” He sighs again. “Where it counts,” he says. “As the father of your children, as a friend, as someone who shared a journey with you and as someone who loves you and cares about you. I don’t need to be married to you to be all those things. Those things are deeper than marriage. Those things are forever. "
138 " think we’re almost there,” she said. “Think yellow,” she added with an exaggerated wink. The boys let "
139 " bought "
140 " And it was them; I knew it clearly. It was them, draining the house, like vampires, of all of its decent energy, of all of its love and life and goodness, draining it all for themselves, feasting on our misery and our broken spirits. "