This House of Grief Quotes

“judges are men who in the cool of the evening undo work that better men do in the heat of the day.”
― Helen Garner, This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial

“It was the sad privilege of blood relations to love him despite all.”
― Helen Garner, This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial

“The quality of their listening was ferocious.”
― Helen Garner, This House of Grief

“He was a lean, contained-looking man, with a clipped grey beard and a mouth that cut across his face on a severe slant, like that of someone who spent his days listening to bullshit.”
― Helen Garner, This House of Grief

“Hour after hour, while cop and counsel danced like medieval angels upon the head of a pin, I grew stupider and stupider.”
― Helen Garner, This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial

“From now until the end of the trial, every time [the jury] entered the court, Farquharson would spring to his feet in the dock and remain standing until they were seated—a protocol that seemed to say my fate is in your hands.”
― Helen Garner, This House of Grief