Sleep Tight Quotes

“Even those we’ve loved all our lives are highly unlikely to be perfect.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“what that meant. He could spend the night”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“One of the women was a natural bitch – all women recognise them, but men rarely do.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“there was nothing”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“this house. I don’t think”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“imagined his skin as the flesh of a snake and I couldn’t drive the image from my mind.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“The years since Dan haven’t all been bad, but in the brief time I had with him I felt as if my spirit was alive – as if bubbles were effervescing inside me. I sparkled. With Robert there were never bubbles, but I was content to settle for stillness. After Dan and then what happened with my parents, serenity and calm seemed to be just what I needed, but as the years passed I started to realise that it wasn’t enough. And that was before I understood it all – before I knew the reason I had lost Dan.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“rumbustious.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“when”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“For a moment, I can’t speak so”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“The dark night settled around her and the sudden silence hit her like a physical blow. For a moment she stood still.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“I’d begun to feel as if there was a creeping deadness inside me, encroaching on the calm and replacing it with a black void, a vacuum where emotion should be. And the deadness was growing and penetrating every corner of my soul, reaching out its dark tentacles to smother all natural reactions.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“I should have known what might happen. I should have understood better what Robert had been telling me in everything but words. It’s now three hours since he left with my babies, and every bone and muscle in my body is aching with their loss.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“woman.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“Right – let’s talk about this woman.’ Becky”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“have”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“her way and a few arms were raised in a farewell salute, but most were otherwise occupied with pint glasses, or were gesticulating wildly to emphasise”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“slammed”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“or perhaps because of, her natural aloofness and her ability to withdraw and view things without emotion. The fact that this extended to her own life, leaving her appearing cold and distant, was beside the point.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“the screen with his pen.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“off to fling over the back of a chair, and made his”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“single moment – the scuffing of a shoe,”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“People do all sorts of daft things for no reason that anybody else can understand...”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“The girl was smiling as she left the noisy, packed pub, and shouts of laughter were ringing in her ears as she wrestled the heavy door open, letting in an icy blast of cold air. She”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“If a man tries to steal your wife, the best form of revenge is to let him have her.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“It’s been hard to maintain the outward image of the old me for Robert’s sake while simultaneously”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“little odd.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“But now I realise that I’ve settled for mediocrity. How had I let it happen? How did I lose myself?”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“at the guest house in Anglesey,’ Tom stated.”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight

“over-excited,”
― Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight