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Elizabeth George QUOTES

1 " She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations. They were so easy to love. If people could only be like that, no one would ever be hurt, she thought. No one would ever need to learn how to forgive. "

― Elizabeth George , A Suitable Vengeance (Inspector Lynley, #4)

2 " I've always found that a rather unfortunate quirk in our species. Everyone pants towards orgasm without pausing to realise that its merely a biological trap designed for the purpose of reproduction. What utter nonsense. "

― Elizabeth George

3 " He managed to make his request with the minimum of time given to speculating what she looked like naked, forgiving himself for the instant of fantasy by telling himself it was the curse of being male. In the presence of a beautiful woman, he had always experienced that knee-jerk reaction to being reduced - if only momentarily - to skin, bone, and testosterone. "

― Elizabeth George

4 " Barbara wanted to go to tea at Dorchester as much as she wanted to give birth to octuplets. "

― Elizabeth George , Believing the Lie (Inspector Lynley, #17)

5 " But if you don't understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration. "

― Elizabeth George

6 " There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions. "

― Elizabeth George , Missing Joseph (Inspector Lynley, #6)

7 " He had never thought of himself as much of a praying man, but as he sat in the car in the growing darkness and the minutes passed, he knew what it was to pray. It was to will goodness out of evil, hope out of despair, life out of death. It was to will dreams into existence and spectres into reality. It was to will an end to anguish and a beginning to joy. "

― Elizabeth George , A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)

8 " Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever will be--are fully enough for this moment . . . "

― Elizabeth George , With No One as Witness (Inspector Lynley, #13)

9 " One did not alter lives and simply walk away from the damage. "

― Elizabeth George , With No One as Witness (Inspector Lynley, #13)

10 " ...raucous heavy metal of punk guitars screeching like robots put to the rack... "

― Elizabeth George , In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner (Inspector Lynley, #10)

11 " She'd liked things better when everything had been controlled simply by on and off switches and when push-button telephone and telly remotes were as far as technology had gone. Make a few calls and put the burden of information searching on someone else. That was the ticket. Now, however, things were different. It was the investigator's mental shoe leather that got worn down, not the real thing. "

― Elizabeth George

12 " Of all my children, you were always the hardest on yourself. You were always looking for the right way to behave, so concerned you might make a mistake. But, darling, there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes, our actions, and the consequences that follow both. There are only events, how we cope with them, and what we learn from the coping."

"That's too easy," he said.

"On the contrary. It's monumentally difficult. "

― Elizabeth George , With No One as Witness (Inspector Lynley, #13)

13 " Should I anticipate all future conversations with you to take this bent?" Lynley enquired. "Frankly, I've always thought your appeal lay in your complete indifference to personal grooming."

"Those days are past, sir. What c'n I do for you? I reckon this isn't a personal call, made to see if I'm keeping my legs shaved. "

― Elizabeth George , Believing the Lie (Inspector Lynley, #17)

14 " Becca took the opportunity to say good-bye to Derric by touching his hand. The heart monitor raced suddenly. She looked from it to Rhonda.
Rhonda’s expression said what her voice did not. Who are you really and why is my son reacting to the touch of your hand? "

― Elizabeth George , The Edge of Nowhere (Whidbey Island Saga, #1)

15 " People, give up on all sorts of things, Havers. But they rarely if ever give up on love. "

― Elizabeth George , Well-Schooled in Murder (Inspector Lynley, #3)

16 " At the end of the day, no one gets away with anything, I've found. "

― Elizabeth George , Believing the Lie (Inspector Lynley, #17)

17 " That's all life is, isn't it? Just continuing, going on. "

― Elizabeth George , Believing the Lie (Inspector Lynley, #17)

18 " He pulled to the side and saw, to his chagrin, that Mrs. Prince of the $2,100 bill at the Star Store was just leaving. She waved at him merrily and grinned and Seth waved back gamely. He wondered how Ralph had reacted to the news that his grandson had managed to screw up running the Star Store’s cash register. He could easily imagine Mrs. Prince’s words: “Ralph, I hate to ask, but can that boy even count? "

― Elizabeth George , The Edge of Nowhere (Whidbey Island Saga, #1)

19 " Grand, there’s one other thing.”
“What’s that, Seth?”
“You always call me ‘favorite male grandchild,’ and I like that. I do. But fact is, I’m your only male grandchild.”
Ralph looked at him, blue eyes sparkling. He smiled. Then he laughed out loud. “Details,” he said. “Mere details, Seth. "

― Elizabeth George

20 " As they headed across the hospital lobby, undersheriff Mathieson came in the door at a run. Seth thought about hiding. He thought about stuffing Becca next to an artificial plant with large dusty leaves. "

― Elizabeth George , The Edge of Nowhere (Whidbey Island Saga, #1)