Ruth Galloway Quotes

“She has got her figure back after having the baby, which is a shame—she was rather hoping to get someone else’s.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Ruth Galloway Series: The First Three Novels

“She was simply Kate because Ruth liked the name. It was attractive without being twee, strong without being hard. You could hear it prefaced by Doctor or followed by MP. At the same time it was cute enough for a baby.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Ruth Galloway Series: The First Three Novels

“Ruth clicks off the phone feeling better but still hyperventilating slightly. It’s as if there’s still an umbilical cord attaching her to Kate.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Ruth Galloway Series: The First Three Novels

“Lewis Carroll,’ says Cathbad dreamily, ‘such a visionary.’ ‘I thought he was a paedophile.’ ‘He was a sad little man who liked the company of young girls.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Ruth Galloway Series: The First Three Novels

“Ruth and Nelson sit alone, facing a monstrous fireplace built of stones so vast that they could be rejects from Stonehenge.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Ruth Galloway Series: The First Three Novels

“The wind seems to take Nelson’s words and throw them into the air. Hastings puts his hand to his ear.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Ruth Galloway Series: The First Three Novels