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Little Face (Spilling CID, #1) QUOTES

Little Face (Spilling CID, #1) QUOTES

1 " Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives. "

― Sophie Hannah , Little Face (Spilling CID, #1)

2 " She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when no one else did? "

― Sophie Hannah , Little Face (Spilling CID, #1)

3 " But we’ll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we’ll have each other "

― Sophie Hannah , Little Face (Spilling CID, #1)

4 " He didn't subscribe to the view...that spirituality was a fast track to happiness. He believed the opposite was true: spiritual people suffered more than most. "

― Sophie Hannah , Little Face (Spilling CID, #1)

5 " He wondered how many new starts a person was entitled to, how many times one could say it was the other person's fault and truly believe it. "

― Sophie Hannah , Little Face (Spilling CID, #1)

6 " Too much self-esteem, thought Simon: the real curse of our age. "

― Sophie Hannah , Little Face (Spilling CID, #1)

7 " Most people seemed to think stable equalled happy. "

― Sophie Hannah , Little Face (Spilling CID, #1)

8 " When an author took the time and trouble to choose exactly the right words and arrange them in the right order, there was a possibility of genuine communication taking place, the thoughtful writer reaching the thoughtful reader. The opposite of what happened when two people opened their mouths and simply let their half-formed, incoherent thoughts spill out. "

― Sophie Hannah , Little Face (Spilling CID, #1)