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121 " People talk about there being sliding doors or forks in the road when lives take a different course. Sometimes it’s only later, in retrospect, that we recognize we even had a choice. "
― Michael Robotham , Life or Death
122 " You can't go alone.""He won't see me otherwise. I'll make an appointment. People don't get killed when they make an appointment. "
― Michael Robotham , Lost (Joseph O'Loughlin #2)
123 " Audie could stare into the distance like he was looking across an ocean, or watching sparks floating above a campfire. He could make a cell seem like it had no walls. "
124 " Manchmal kommen Menschen nicht zurück. Deshalb sollte man immer darauf achten, sich richtig zu verabschieden. "
125 " Audie had never been a hater, because when people hate with too much energy it’s normally something about themselves they hate the most. "
126 " I thought I knew everything about friendship and family: the happiness, simplicity and joy within them. But there is another side of devotion, a side which Samira understands. "
― Michael Robotham , The Night Ferry
127 " David. "
― Michael Robotham , The Other Wife (Joseph O'Loughlin, #9)
128 " What makes a man who has a woman who loves him risk it all?” “Are you asking me or Him?” “You.” Ruiz rubs his forehead. “Sometimes when a man feels bad about himself, he doesn’t want to be with a woman who looks at him with nothing but love. Instead he wants to lie on top of a woman who knows how nasty and shallow and faithless he can be… a woman who doesn’t put him on a pedestal or expect him to be a knight in shining armor… a woman who’s happy with the worst he can be. "
― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)
129 " Wealth lost, something lost; Honor lost, much lost; Courage lost, all lost. German proverb "
130 " People who lose children have their hearts warped into weird shapes. Losing a child is beyond comprehension. It defies biology. It contradicts the natural order of history and genealogy. It derails common sense. It violates time. It creates a huge, black, bottomless hole that swallows hope. "
― Michael Robotham , Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1)
131 " Like pigeons.’ ‘What’s so mysterious about pigeons?’ ‘They’re always the same size. You never see baby pigeons or old-age pigeons. "
― Michael Robotham , Bleed for Me (Joseph O'Loughlin #4)
132 " Why do people always talk about how fast a car can get from naught to sixty? I mean, what’s the big deal about sixty miles an hour? It’s like people think aliens are going to land and only be able to do fifty-nine. They’ll suck out our brains unless we can do naught to sixty in less than ten seconds. "
― Michael Robotham , Say You're Sorry (Joseph O'Loughlin #6)
133 " He has one of those totally open faces with wet brown eyes like a baby seal just before it gets clubbed. "
134 " ... but I have grown accustomed to living alone, having one-sides conversations and arguments with myself that I still manage to lose. "
― Michael Robotham , When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)
135 " She’s been used more often than a jailhouse condom. "
136 " At this time of year, when the temperature drops, I wear non-slip shoes, a woolen scarf and a permanent frown. Forget about global warming. As I get older the world gets colder. That’s a fact. "
― Michael Robotham , Suspect (Joseph O'Loughlin, #1)
137 " Os antigos Gregos costumavam dizer que a Sorte era uma mulher muito bonita de cabelo encaracolado que caminhava na rua entre as pessoas. Talvez o seu nome fosse Karma. É uma amante inconstante, uma mulher prudente, uma rameira e uma adepta do Manchester United. Costumava ser minha. "
138 " I’ve heard it said that you can discover how you feel about someone when you watch them sleeping. You see things you don’t look for at other times. The elegance of an open mouth, the absence of anxiety, the vulnerability of each breath, a small vein pulsing beneath her pale skin. "
139 " I realized that life is a series of good-byes and I had to make sure that I didn’t waste my days or use them up too soon. "
― Michael Robotham , The Secrets She Keeps
140 " Her pale fat throat seems to have a fist inside it, moving up and down. "
― Michael Robotham , Shatter (Joseph O'Loughlin, #3)
