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

by Richard Osman

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,”

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

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

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.”