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A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1) QUOTES

A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1) QUOTES

1 " That's the point of working with one's hands, you see. It gives the mind something else to do besides worry. "

― Charles Todd , A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)

2 " We left the flat together. I expected– dreaded– Mrs. Hennessy popping out her door and asking who my young man was. “An escaped murderer, Mrs. Hennessy; my father will be horrified.” But she didn’t come out her door. "

― Charles Todd , A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)

3 " I hadn’t realized that a break in a bone could be so exquisitely painful. I’d feel a greater tolerance for the the wounded after this. "

― Charles Todd , A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)

4 " My mother had said to me afterward, “Your father is a fool.” When I asked her why, she’d shrugged. “Men generally are,” she’d retorted, and changed the subject. "

― Charles Todd , A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)

5 " Sometimes you see briefly into someone’s heart, and it becomes a bond between you that goes beyond friendship. "

― Charles Todd , A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)