Silent Scream Quotes

“conscience was no more than the fear of being caught.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Intrinsically selfish in nature, grief was for the living.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Much as they wished to, they knew they were incapable of saving the whole world – but sometimes you just had to deal with what was right in front of you.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“People are normally murdered because of something they have done, something they are doing or something they are going to do.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Finalmente capiva l'empatia che provava per quella ragazza che conosceva solo da pochi giorni. Lucy era una combattente. Non si rassegnava di fronte alle carte che il destino le aveva assegnato. Ogni giorno lottava per vivere, contro tutti i pronostici. Quel giorno avrebbe potuto scegliere di non premere il pulsante. Avrebbe potuto cedere alla sua malattia e scegliere la pace eterna ma non l'aveva fatto e c'era solo una cosa che glielo aveva impedito: la speranza”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Kim era infastidita dal fatto che l'intestazione dicesse ancora VITTIMA NUMERO UNO. Una volta quelle ossa erano state di una persona. Una persona in carne e ossa, magari con una voglia sulla pelle che la distingueva da tutti gli altri. Una persona con un volto e delle espressioni che erano solo sue. Non un semplice mucchio di ossa. Quella ragazza aveva trascorso nell'anonimato già fin troppo tempo e Kim detestava non essere ancora in grado di darle un nome”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Intrinsically selfish in nature, grief was for the living. It was a measure of how keenly one felt their own personal loss, and in some cases, as Kim knew, their regret.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Quella stessa giustizia in cui tanto credeva, aveva deluso una persona che invece avrebbe dovuto proteggere: Questo Kim non l'avrebbe mai dimenticato. Aveva convinto Laura Yates a fidarsi di lei e del sistema che rappresentava, e ora non riusciva a scollarsi di dosso la sensazione che Laura fosse stata delusa e abbandonata. Dalla giustizia e anche da lei.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“I was told that the body is no more than a jacket which gets cast off when it’s no longer needed.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“This was the problem with journeys to her past. Any happy memory led to tragedy and loss. The reason she didn’t visit all that often.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“On the scale of genuine apologies, I’d rate that at minus seven.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Kim knew first hand that survivor guilt had the power to shape a mind; and that was why she prayed her own boxes never got opened.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“A poor start in life did not dictate the acts of the future.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“You know, Guv, if it’s true that Tolkien named the dark lands of Mordor after the Black Country, he was surely looking this way.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“she had become the most popular dancer at the venue. She received on average three requests for private dances per night and at two hundred pounds a time it was not to be sniffed at. She knew she was the anti-Christ for some feminists and to that she raised her middle finger.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Tact and diplomacy had been invented by someone with too much time on their hands.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“When I need someone to tell me how I should be feeling I’ll be sure to let you know.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Did I feel nothing when my mother rejected me, or did she reject me because I felt nothing?”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“such prize for putting the child back”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“English and half Nigerian, Stacey had never set foot outside the United Kingdom. Her tight black hair was cut short and close to her head following the removal of her last weave. The smooth caramel skin suited the haircut well. Stacey’s work area was organised and clear. Anything not in the labelled trays was stacked in meticulous piles along the top edge of her desk. Not far behind was Detective Sergeant Bryant who mumbled a ‘Morning, Guv,’ as he glanced into The Bowl. His six foot frame looked immaculate, as though he had been dressed for Sunday school by his mother. Immediately the suit jacket landed on the back of his chair. By the end of the day his tie would have dropped a couple of floors, the top button of his shirt would be open and his shirt sleeves would be rolled up just below his elbows. She saw him glance at her desk, seeking evidence of a coffee mug. When he saw that she already had coffee he filled the mug labelled ‘World’s Best Taxi Driver’, a present from his nineteen-year-old daughter. His filing was not a system that anyone else understood but Kim had yet to request any piece of paper that was not in her hands within a few seconds. At the top of his desk was a framed picture of himself and his wife taken at their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. A picture of his daughter snuggled in his wallet. DS Kevin Dawson, the third member of her team, didn’t keep a photo of anyone special on his desk. Had he wanted to display a picture of the person for whom he felt most affection he would have been greeted by his own likeness throughout his working day. ‘Sorry I’m late, Guv,’ Dawson called as he slid into his seat opposite Wood and completed her team. He wasn’t officially late. The shift didn’t start until eight a.m. but she liked them all in early for a briefing, especially at the beginning of a new case. Kim didn’t like to stick to a roster and people who did lasted a very short time on her team. ‘Hey, Stacey, you gonna get me a coffee or what?’ Dawson asked, checking his mobile phone. ‘Of course, Kev, how’d yer like it: milk, two sugars and in yer lap?’ she asked sweetly, in her strong Black Country accent.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Conscience, and use of it, was a learned behaviour. It came from good examples and strong role models. The inherent difference between right and wrong is perfected throughout life and not pre-printed on the brain.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“How many women did the Yorkshire Ripper murder?’ Keats asked. ‘Thirteen,’ Dan answered. ‘And how was he caught?’ ‘By two police officers who arrested him for driving with false number plates,’ she answered.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Much as they wished to, they knew they were incapable of saving the whole world – but sometimes you just had to deal with what was right in front of you. Kim paused at a set of lights.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“had always hated it when people were angry with her. She was a people pleaser. She wanted everyone to be happy. And that trait had cost her. It had cost them both.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Every day she struggled to live against odds that were not in her favour.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“if it’s true that Tolkien named the dark lands of Mordor after the Black Country, he was surely looking this way.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“I think it was Einstein who said, if the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.’ ‘Huh?”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“I was told that the body is no more than a jacket which gets cast off when it’s no longer needed. Your nan isn’t there any more, Paula. The jacket she wore caused her pain but she’s free of that now.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“La differenza sostanziale tra il bene e il male si affinava nel corso della vita, non era preimpostata nel cervello”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream

“Ecco qual era il problema a rievocare il passato. Tutti i ricordi felici si tramutavano in tragedie e perdite. Ecco perché non lo faceva spesso.”
― Angela Marsons, Silent Scream