Rachel Ortillano > Rachel's Quotes

“The cat required far less attendance than a human child, which is one of the reasons why spinster ladies prefer felines to babies.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Mummy Case

“Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Mummy Case

“Jo turned to him. “Rob, there’s something I’ve been meaning to say, and now seems like the right time.” He met her clear, uncomplicated gaze. “What is it?” A smile played on her lips. A gust of wind lifted her hair off her forehead. He felt his chest swell. He loved her too. He knew it now, but he couldn’t say it. Not first. She looked into his eyes. “I’m pregnant.” THE END”
― Biba Pearce, The Bisley Wood Murders

“Please, please, please say you like books.”
― Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

“Perhaps guilt is like a disease. You can have it without knowing you do.”
― Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

“Vera had a stab of recognition which made her stop in her tracks. For a moment, the woman, overweight, aggressive, seen reflected in the shop window, looked very much like her.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Crow Trap

“When the withdrawals set in, I’d need to stay as occupied as possible to keep my mind off things while on the island…”
― Carissa Ann Lynch, Whisper Island

“Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends.”
― Lee Child, A Wanted Man

“The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.”
― Agatha Christie, Murder at the Vicarage

“Love’s the glue. Use it right, it can fix most anything.”
― Nora Roberts, Shelter in Place

“everyone knows that while we have to go on, we can never, should never, forget.”
― Nora Roberts, Shelter in Place

“So I came to the realization: Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life.”
― Rob Lowe, Stories I Only Tell My Friends

“Because when you’re in love, you think you’re invincible. It blinds you. And you don’t seem to care.”
― Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library

“No innocent person ever has an alibi.”
― Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library

“What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean.”
― Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library

“No, I wouldn't. I wouldn’t tell a soul.'

'People who use that phrase are always the last to live up to it.”
― Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library

“But she thought the men’s brains had turned to jelly. They couldn’t see straight. Faced with a pretty woman they all seemed to lose their reason.”
― Ann Cleeves, Telling Tales

“Now it came back in jagged flashes, like the sunlight on the pavements. She thought, This is what it is like to be old. This is how old people remember their childhood.”
― Ann Cleeves, Telling Tales

“the light had the clear, sharp quality which comes before rain.”
― Ann Cleeves, Telling Tales

“[Everyone needs] a woman who'll listen, take your side, tell the truth - or not, as you need it. A woman you can count on, no matter what, and who'll love you no matter how much you screw up.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“When somebody walks out, it leaves a hole in you. Some people fill it up, the good and the bad, and get on that way. Some people leave it open, maybe long enough to heal, maybe too long, picking at it now and then so it doesn't heal all the way.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I'm damned if I'm going to be eaten by a bear when I'm naked."
"I'm sure it's a more pleasant experience dressed.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“So we ate some smoke, so what?”

“You lost most of your eyebrows.”

Stunned, she pressed her fingers above her eyes. “Shit! Why didn’t you tell me?”

“It’s a look.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“You're the answer before I even asked the question.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“There's a wilderness here. She knew it lived inside her.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I've fallen pretty deep in...care with you.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project

“Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project

“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.”
― Shari Lapena, An Unwanted Guest

“True psychopaths can be very convincing...”
― Shari Lapena, An Unwanted Guest