Storm Child Quotes

“Joe O’Loughlin taught me that being a psychologist does not involve hunches, gut instinct, guesswork, or premonitions. It is a science,”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“Was Arben alive when they brought him here, or had he lapsed into a diabetic coma? When the brain doesn't get enough glucose, or receives too much, it cannot function properly. The symptoms can appear slowly: an altered mental state, an inability to speak, drowsiness, weakness, headaches, restlessness, shaking, an irregular heartbeat, an eventually the loss of consciousness. If left untreated, it results in permanent brain damage and utlmately, death.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“I’d cling to the wreckage.” “You make it sound so easy.” “I’ve been doing it all my life.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“We exist before we are born and after we die.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“Introspection leads to self-analysis, which leads to self-hatred.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“... I sometimes question whether philanthropy changes anything, or whether it perpetuates the status quo: the historic power imbalance that keeps the disadvantaged in their place.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“..when one is confronted by a complex problem, it is sometimes best to solve the easiet part of it first...”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“... as though men were the solution to every problem.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“... children find it difficult to recall memories chronologically because they don't have enough experience to link events to a particular moment in their life. They lack a mental calender they can reference.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“That's what education does - helps you come up with the right word at the right time.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“... everything I want is on the other side of fear.”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.’ Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore”
― Michael Robotham, Storm Child