The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

by Richard Osman

Life is about understanding opportunities. Understanding how rarely they come along, and then rising to meet them when they do.

What was he thinking? That was the one question she knew not to ask a man. They were almost always thinking nothing at all, so were thrown by the question, and felt compelled to make something up.

“Everyone wants to feel special, but nobody wants to feel different,” says Bogdan.

There are scars, yes, but that at least means the bleeding has stopped.

Very few things are so important you would risk your life for them, but all sorts of things are important enough to risk somebody else’s life.

“I’m sure,” says Elizabeth. “If murder were easy, none of us would survive Christmas.”

People were always trying to tell you something, and all you really had to do was let them.

People drift in and out of your life, and, when you are younger, you know you will see them again. But now every old friend is a miracle.

If life ever seems too complicated, if you think no one can help, sometimes the right person to turn to is an eight-year-old.

“It’s the people, in the end, isn’t it?” says Viktor. “It’s always the people. You can move halfway around the world to find your perfect life, move to Australia if you like, but it always comes down to the people you meet.”