Closed Casket Quotes

“Good sense appears the most underhand of tactics to a man who has no reserves of his own to draw upon.”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“One ought not to use words carelessly, or even spontaneously. Once they are launched, they cannot be called back.”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“I like to savor the smell of a garden I cannot see. Do you smell it? The pine, and the lavender—oh, yes, very strongly the lavender. The nose is as important as the eyes. Ask any horticulturist.” Poirot chuckled. “I think that if you and I were to meet the one who created this garden, I would make the more favorable impression upon him.”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“You persist in your folly of imagining that human beings can be made to make sense, Poirot.”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“Scotcher and he grew up in Malmesbury,”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“Would you mind dreadfully if I put you in a book one day?”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“A phenomenon I have had cause to notice time and again in both my professional and my social life is that when one meets a large group of people all at once, one somehow knows-as if by otherworldly instinct-which of them one will enjoy speaking to and which are worth avoiding.”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“Nothing is ever known for certain in this world, Michael.”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“como si el hecho de tener un ejército de acólitos sin criterio fuese capaz de probar algo. Sólo hay que fijarse en la situación política para ver que las cosas no pueden funcionar de ese modo.”
― Sophie Hannah, Ataúd cerrado

“«Él es la mitad de un hombre perfecto destinado a completarse por una mujer como ella; y ella es una bella perfección dividida, cuya plenitud suprema reside en él.»”
― Sophie Hannah, Ataúd cerrado

“los más débiles son los que más gritan y los que más hacen sufrir a los demás.”
― Sophie Hannah, Ataúd cerrado

“Nimble is an interesting word. It suggests youth.”
― Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket

“Há muita incoerência sem sentido no mundo, a maior parte fruto de estupidez.”
― Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance

“Em vez de desperdiçar toda a minha energia reagindo às muitas coisas ruins que tinham me acontecido, ia correr atrás de uma coisa boa.”
― Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance

“Pessoas demais ficam olhando e não fazem nada para ajudar pessoas com problemas.”
― Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance

“Algumas vezes você tem de ser corajosa e fazer algo que não se encaixa no padrão geral apenas para sacudir um pouco as coisas, para fazer acontecer.”
― Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance

“Para qualquer um que experimentou brutalidade deliberada, a menor gentileza se torna para sempre um choque depois.”
― Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance

“Fazemos tanto mal a nós e aos outros quando nos ofendemos quanto ao ofendermos.”
― Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance