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The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4) QUOTES

The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4) QUOTES

1 " That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place. "

― Val McDermid , The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4)

2 " I was just finishing up my drink then I was off to get the night bus.' Carol grinned. 'Your sophistication never ceases to amaze me. What's wrong with a taxi?' 'You get a better class of nutter on the night bus. I blend in perfectly "

― Val McDermid , The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4)

3 " They both possessed a victimhood that had been conferred because they'd both been guilty of being female in a world where some men believed they deserved never to feel powerless. "

― Val McDermid , The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4)

4 " He spread his hands in a self-deprecating gesture. 'Well, I'm not a cop. And I'm not a woman.' She couldn't resist. 'I had noticed. "

― Val McDermid , The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4)

5 " Two relationships in the past six years, both of which she’d hung on to long past the sell-by date. They reminded her of a poem she’d once read about love being a kite you couldn’t let go of till somebody gave you something better to do. Although "

― Val McDermid , The Torment of Others (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #4)