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The House at Sea's End QUOTES

The House at Sea's End QUOTES

1 " There's a pleasure being mad that only the madman knows. "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

2 " Class is a stronger social adhesive than nationality. "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

3 " There’s a pleasure sure in being mad,’ says Cathbad, ‘that none but madmen know. "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

4 " Major Karl von Kronig,”’ he reads. ‘“Oberstleutnant Stefan Fenstermacher, Obergefreiter Lutz Gerber, Gefreiter Manfred Hahn, Gefreiter Reiner Brauer, Panzerfunker Gerhard Meister . . .” Bloody hell. No wonder they didn’t win the war with names like that. Take them a year and a half to do the roll call. What the hell’s “panzerfunker” when it’s at home? "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

5 " She hates ringing up and saying, in that special wheedling voice, ‘Can I ask . . . would you mind . . . you’ve saved my life . . . you’re a star.’ She’d rather cut the crap and do the thing herself but, as she’s finding out, being a working mother means asking for favours. "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

6 " Never trust a man who flies the Union Jack. "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

7 " lifeboat. "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

8 " Are these real friends, people who would look after your cat or drive you home from hospital, or are they just an amorphous mass, happy enough to leave cute messages (lol!) on your wall but completely removed from your everyday life? How can you have three hundred close friends? "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

9 " Nelson gives her a sardonic glance, correctly identifying Catholic Genuflecting Syndrome "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

10 " She longs to be with her baby, but when she is she’s assailed by a feeling almost of panic. Will she ever escape or will she be trapped in the mother world forever? "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

11 " talking into her phone. "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End

12 " You are strong. You are a wonderful, strong human being. "

― Elly Griffiths , The House at Sea's End