The Life I Left Behind Quotes

“Up above she spies a murmuration of starlings like a dark cloud of iron shavings wheeling, turning and swooping in the sky.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“Before she answers, she’d like to know what the truth will cost her. She’d like a crystal ball to see where it will lead her. She doesn’t like walking in the dark with no sense of what lies ahead.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“If you have a problem, take it for a walk, my dad used to say.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“Would it stop the thoughts exploding like bang snaps in her head?”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“How is she feeling? Like a bag of cats, her dad would have said. She is feeling that something is bothering her and for once she is going to say what is on her mind.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“Fucking hell, Eve, you’ve been listening to REM? Why didn’t you call me? I had no idea it was that bad.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“If no one believed her, did that mean it wasn’t real? If no one saw her, would she not exist?”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“Taking deep breaths she smells the mossy scent of the riverbank. The same smell you get just after it has rained. Petrichor, that’s what it’s called.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“I was a good sleeper, bordering on the professional in the sense that if I put my mind to it I could sleep anywhere, at any time.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“Would she throw her arms wide open and spin around until she’s dizzy to revel in the miracle that has granted her an extra, glorious moment of life? Would she stretch out that second, squeeze every shred of pleasure from it, knowing as she does that time is finite, that it slips past so quickly and when it’s gone it can’t be repeated?”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“Oh Tess, I’d love to, but I can’t, I’ve got work/emails/gym/I’m too tired.’ Delete as appropriate.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“I’d like to be able to walk down the street and not want to disappear. No one gets it, not really. I didn’t value it until it was gone. Your reputation is the most valuable thing you have. That’s what they took from me.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“He’s only drinking tea. How can that possibly produce such a violent reaction?”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“Life is about forward momentum.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

“It’s about coming across a person who has something you didn’t even know you wanted.”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind

“The same smell you get just after it has rained. Petrichor, that’s what it’s called. She searched for the term on the Internet years”
― Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind