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A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) QUOTES

A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) QUOTES

1 " 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)

2 " Il ne s'était jamais considéré comme un homme de prière, mais, assis dans la voiture au milieu de l'obscurité qui tombait et des minutes qui s'égrenaient, il comprit ce que le mot « prier » voulait dire. C'était vouloir que le mal se transforme en bien, le désespoir en espérance, que la mort devienne vie. C'était vouloir que les rêves existent et que les spectres deviennent réalité. C'était vouloir que finisse l'angoisse, vouloir que commence la joie. "

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

3 " buying gunk for her hair. "

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

4 " How enchantingly clean everything "

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

5 " Nothing for me,” she said primly. “I’m on duty. "

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

6 " termagant "

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

7 " contumacy "

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

8 " cachinnation "

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

9 " arranged it. "

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

10 " exophthalmic, with a little upturned nose that continually "

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

11 " Nigel Parrish waited until they returned from the "

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

12 " You think it’s amusing, don’t you? But just "

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

13 " It was in the "

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