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181 " During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. GEORGE ORWELL "
― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)
182 " Fairness is a hair colour not something to be balanced on a set of scales. "
― Michael Robotham , Watching You (Joseph O'Loughlin, #7)
183 " They trap us like that—babies—with one look they can take hold of our hearts because our hearts have no defenses against such beauty and fragility. "
― Michael Robotham , The Secrets She Keeps
184 " People talk about the sins of omission. What does that mean? Who decides if something is a sin? I know that I’m being semantic, but judging by the way people moralise and jump to conclusions, anyone would think that the truth is real and solid; that it’s something that can be picked up and passed around, weighed and measured, before being agreed upon. But the truth isn’t like that. If I were to tell you this story tomorrow, it would be different than today. I would have filtered the details through my defences and rationalised my actions. Truth is a matter of semantics, whether we like it or not. "
― Michael Robotham , Suspect (Joseph O'Loughlin, #1)
185 " Justice and fairness are like rain that falls more heavily on some people than others. People with umbrellas tend to stay dry. People on high ground avoid the flood. Rich people. Connected people. "
― Michael Robotham , When You Are Mine
186 " The only truly well proportioned Christmas trees are the ones they use in advertisements. If you try to find one in real life you face inevitable disappointment. Your tree will lean to the left or the right. It will be too bushy at the base, or straggly at the top. It will have bald patches, or the branches on either side will be oddly spaced. Even if you do, by some miracle, find a perfect tree, it won’t fit in the car and by the time you strap it to the roof rack and drive home the branches are broken or twisted out of shape. You wrestle it through the door, gagging on pine needles and sweating profusely, only to hear the maddening question that resonates down from countless Christmases past: “Is that really the best one you could find? "
187 " Women think they want a man but instead they want "
188 " Why do people think everything will be better if they pour boiling water on dried leaves? "
― Michael Robotham , When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)
189 " Farley goes quiet. I let the silence build until it fills every corner of the room. It leaks into his ears and his chest and his bladder and his bowels and every dark place in his mind. Very few people are comfortable with silence. It's one thing to be on a plane or in a train carriage or in a waiting room and to ignore those around you, but not when you know someone is expecting you to answer. "
― Michael Robotham , Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1)
190 " In a deep psychological sense, we have no self unless we have a secret. We grab for them whenever we begin losing ourselves in our social group or work or marriage. We reassert our identity as somebody apart. "
― Michael Robotham , The Other Wife (Joseph O'Loughlin, #9)
191 " beach, eating ice-cream cones or taking donkey rides. Blackpool is where she first rode roller skates and let a boy kiss her. She went in a talent show and sang a Cyndi Lauper song about girls "
192 " Children are like time capsules that we shoot into the future, hoping there will still be a world for them to inherit. I don’t know if they are chips off the same block, or if one apple has fallen farther from the tree, but what does it matter? They are loved. Longed for. Ours. "
193 " I’ve been called a skank, a whore, a whinger, and a slut. "
194 " Karate has helped me to control my temper, but my tongue still needs a handbrake or a dead man's switch. "
195 " Remember, Joseph, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. "
196 " Why is it that men have pride but women have shame? "
197 " is so fundamental to our existence; it is wired into our DNA. That’s why babies learn to fake cry before they’re a year old and to bluff by the age of two. By four a child is an accomplished liar, and by five, he or she realises that truly outrageous lies are less likely to be believed. "
198 " People think they want the truth, but the opposite is true. Honesty is mean and rough and ugly, while lying can be kinder, softer and more humane. It’s not honesty that we want, but consideration and respect. "
199 " Men always imagine that women are bonded by ideas of sisterhood and solidarity, but we pick our fights and our friends. "
200 " Everyone has three hearts - one they show to strangers, one they show to the people they love, and the last one that isn't shown to anyone...the one that's normally most damaged, "
― Michael Robotham , Close Your Eyes (Joseph O'Loughlin, #8)