The Girls in the Water Quotes

“Where had ‘if only’ ever got anyone?”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“Christmas wasn’t a time of fairy lights and anticipation for many people. For many it was a time of loneliness, regret and nostalgia,”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“It had become so easy for people to disappear from the outside world. People could both earn and spend their money online, having everything they needed in order to maintain survival brought to their doorstep by a person they would have to face for no longer than the time it took to sign a delivery slip.”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“ever really remove or disguise.”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“Then his expression changed, the soft edges gone, never truly there. And there it was, Chloe thought. There was the lie. You couldn’t be both: both bad and good. You could be good and do a bad thing – you could be bad and do a good thing – but one or the other had to be the true you, the real you, the one that was inherently in you, impossible to”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“She had needed her brother to share the weight of everything she had been unable to bear by herself.”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“She missed him with a pain that was physical.”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“Life had taught her that even those closest couldn’t be relied upon – that everyone had a second face and some chose to keep it well hidden”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“She slipped a finger beneath the page and turned to the next, offering sad smiles to the faces looking back at her. Everything she had done had been with the intention of this. It was time she got back to what she was meant to be doing. It was time to tell DI King the truth.”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“itself obvious that evening. Rachel knew what was going on between him and Sarah.”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“Connor didn’t really know what he wanted. Except the one thing. The need for that never seemed to leave him.”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water

“Alex rolled her eyes. ‘When’s it not? Have you seen my office recently? There’s a backlog of paperwork a foot high on my desk. You know, before I got promoted I used to think South Wales was pretty quiet. Be careful what you wish for, right?”
― Victoria Jenkins, The Girls in the Water