The Book Collector Quotes

“Don't become the object of affection. It's dangerous. Certain men want to possess you entirely. Men will do anything to satisfy their desires and this can lead men down paths they are powerless to resist.”
― Alice Thompson, The Book Collector

“And for an insane moment she thought, this is no different from normality, just women existing and surviving, this is what happens to women who don't fit into a world created by men.”
― Alice Thompson, The Book Collector

“Those who betray others, lie and deceive, deserve each other.”
― Alice Thompson, The Book Collector

“She had been privileged and protected like a pig in a diamond-encrusted pigsty lined with red velvet cushions.”
― Alice Thompson, The Book Collector

“She often noticed it was only when we shared the same qualities that we recognised them in other people.”
― Alice Thompson, The Book Collector

“Men were so grateful, she thought, when it came to sex.”
― Alice Thompson, The Book Collector