Lost Girls Quotes

“There was an old adage that if you couldn't say anything nice, get the hell away before you said something very wrong.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“lasting effect is that any memory we bring to”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“Well, rest assured, Doc, that my team will not disregard you because you're a woman. We'll just do it because you talk shit.’ The woman offered her a cold stare. ‘Now, that was a joke.’ ‘Oh, got it, Brummie humour.’ ‘Oh no, no, no and talk like that will get you killed. The Black Country is most definitely not Birmingham.’ And that wasn't a joke.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“Kim stared hard at the plate. It was a look that persuaded most of her colleagues to bend to her will. Unfortunately it didn't work on biscuits. The recipe and instruction list had been taken from a website for kids and she had followed it to the letter. She was sure she had. The website also contained pictures sent in by twelve-year-olds who were proud of their end result. Kim would not be photographing hers. The title of the product said 'rock cakes' but hers did not look like rocks, they looked like oversize Frisbees. The dollops of mixture once placed in the oven had spread, as though trying to crawl away and escape. Cooking was her nemesis. She had tried complex dishes that took more concentration than a Mensa quiz and the end result had spilled across the plate like a liquefied stew.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“had originally been a village in the Worcestershire countryside but had merged into Stourbridge following extensive house building during the interwar years.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“That was the trouble with a secret. Everyone thought they could trust someone. And it was the perfect example of why Kim would never trust anyone with hers.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“What's she got in here – Lord Lucan wearing the Hope Diamond riding around on Shergar?”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“It's well documented that until recently the most effective weapon in the armed forces was hate. Soldiers were instilled with hatred towards the enemy, to remove the inhibitions of taking a life. If you hate the owner of that life it is easier to destroy.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“Rage and aggression are the staples of military life but to produce an effective killing machine you have to dehumanise it. You have to remove empathy, understanding, forgiveness. Otherwise an enemy pleading for his life might garner a moment's hesitation, which is long enough to get control of a weapon and kill an entire squad. ‘It's all very clever until the soldier is released back into society. The mind-set instilled is not a temporary state. It's an altered set of beliefs. But suddenly, where is the enemy? Where is the guidance? Where is the rest of the team united in one clear goal? ‘Society then tells soldiers that what they did was wrong. Violence is wrong, killing is wrong. ‘You can't just suddenly wipe a mind clear because you now want that person to exist in a “normal” society. The hatred doesn't go away. It just has no clear target.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“Is it not a little sad that you give so much thought to someone who never thinks about you?”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“I can negotiate. How about this – as soon as I catch the bastards I'll negotiate a lifetime in prison without any possibility of parole and a best friend named Butch?”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“There was an old adage that if you couldn't say anything nice, get the hell away before you said something very wrong. Or something like that. She wasn’t sure of the exact wording as she’d never taken heed. Personally, she hated deceit of any kind but in relationships it was unforgivable. If a relationship was over, kill it and move on but don't make someone you loved feel like a fool.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“anger. No, it was the fault of”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“the rain from his eyes.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“Elizabeth had consoled herself that every partnership was a balance sheet. There were assets and debts on both sides but”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“wrote”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“and”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“In some areas of London and Manchester the gangs were becoming more of a cultural transmission of America’s Crips and Bloods.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“into their bones. After their last meal Charlie had scratched an eighth stick into”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“As she headed through Pedmore, the properties began to recede”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“savings”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“Kim wasn’t surprised.”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls

“In one movement he launched her into the rear of the vehicle and slammed the door shut. It made the same tinny noise it had days”
― Angela Marsons, Lost Girls