Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)

by Robert Galbraith

For one moment of madness, Strike yearned to say, ‘Come with me’, but there are words that can never be unsaid or forgotten, and those, he knew, were some of them.

Such is the universal desire for fame that those who achieve it accidentally or unwillingly will wait in vain for pity.

‘How d’you feel,’ said Strike, so quietly that she had to lean in to hear him, ‘about breaking the law?’ ‘Well, I tend to be opposed to it,’ said Robin, unsure whether to be amused or worried. ‘That’s sort of why I wanted to do investigative work.’

I am not going to let myself be beaten to the ground by the dread of what may happen. Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm