Secret Smile Quotes

“And how do you undo damage that’s been built into the foundations? With houses, it’s easier to pull the whole thing down and start again. You can’t do that with people.”
― Nicci French, Secret Smile

“Within families, you’re stuck with the character they think you are, whatever you do. You become a war hero and all that your parents ever talk about is something supposedly funny you used to do when you were in nursery school.”
― Nicci French, Secret Smile

“It was the most silent, beautiful city I had ever been in, and I found myself wishing, once or twice, that I was here alone, not worrying about our relationship, not having to make an effort. I would have walked and walked along the deserted paths, not speaking, storing everything up. I wouldn't have minded the rain.”
― Nicci French, Secret Smile

“Better to start too slowly and build up,” said a piece of text in italics, “than start too quickly and give up.”
― Nicci French, Secret Smile

“I wondered: is that the secret of doing deals? Is that the secret of life? If you care less than the other person, then you win. Was that me?”
― Nicci French, Secret Smile

“left on”
― Nicci French, Secret Smile

“If you call the day after, you’re maybe a bit desperate because, since the first day is out of the question, the second day is really the first day, so you’re calling on the first day. If they’re going to call, people call on the third day.”
― Nicci French, Secret Smile

“it was like glass sandpaper being rubbed on my skin.”
― Nicci French, Secret Smile