Like This, For Ever Quotes

“Possibly the two saddest words in the English language: if only.”
― Sharon Bolton, Like This, For Ever

“Dads earned money and kept you fed and clothed and drove you around the place, but mums wrapped their bodies around yours and made you feel safe. Mums were the ones who cried when you cried, but loved your tears all the same because they had the power to make them go away. Mums were there in the night, when dark, twisting fears were wrapping themselves around you. Mums were the ones who lay down close and whispered stories about riding through tropical forests on blue elephants. Mums were the ones who could put their hands on your bare bum and bite your neck and nobody would think it at all unusual. Not fair! He”
― Sharon Bolton, Like This, For Ever

“Don’t killers enjoy feeling the police are stupid?’ ‘I think it’s safe to say he’s in a pretty good mood right now,’ said”
― Sharon Bolton, Like This, For Ever

“If an attention-seeking pin were in the room, this would have been a good time for it to drop.”
― Sharon Bolton, Like This, For Ever