Sleeping in the Ground Quotes

“Better by far you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

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― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“We have to be something more than the accumulation of things that happen to us, don’t you think?”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“Had we but world enough, and time . . .”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“She was one of those rare girls that you just felt you wanted to be always happy, even if you weren’t going to be the source of that happiness.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“Our doubts are traitors / And make us lose the good we oft might win / By fearing to attempt.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“Well, it certainly seems that mankind learns nothing from history, so why should individuals learn anything from their own experience?” “I’m no expert, but that sounds like spurious logic to me.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“But if you can take a bit of an advice from an old fool like me, save your best efforts for the living, because one day they’ll be dead, too, and you’ll end up feeling guilty for neglecting them while they were alive. That’s the paradox. Damned if you do and double-damned if you don’t.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“I’ve always held something back. The part of me I probably shouldn’t have held back if I wanted any sort of meaningful relationship. The part that won’t let you get close to anyone ever again because you know you’re going to lose them, and you know how bad it feels. Because they’re going to die.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“Losing a friend is a terrible thing, the memories it shakes loose, even if you’ve drifted apart. The panicky feeling that you’re losing bits of yourself.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“The need to turn off like this for a while was vital, but so was the ability to snap back into action quickly. Fortunately, his mobile didn’t ring, and he was able to finish listening to Romance oubliée and lose himself in sun-dappled memories of Emily Hargreaves and the golden days of his lost youth.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“How easily something you thought was safely buried in your past could suddenly come back and cut you to the quick.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“When your friends and lovers start dying, you begin to feel as if you have only narrowly escaped the reaper yourself, and that it’s only a matter of time. Which, of course, it is. In the meantime, there’s a version of survivor’s guilt to deal with.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“Oh, don't mind me. I'm just grouching.”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground

“Christmas fell upon Eastvale like a knife-wielding mugger desperate for a fix ...”
― Peter Robinson, Sleeping in the Ground