The Punishment She Deserves Quotes

“My kids' lives aren't about what I want. My kids' lives are about making their own decisions and getting the consequences and coping with those.”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“I find that acceptance of life’s vicissitudes is the sole requirement for contentment.”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“Incredible, the size and aspect of the bird, Rabiah thought. Swans looked so gentle, so placid, so accepting. And then in an instant, they altered.”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“It would be a humanity that demonstrated understanding or compassion or forgiveness or anything save the silence that now stretched between them.”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“memories,”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“I don’t know,” Missa said doubtfully.”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“SHROPSHIRE Cardew Hall wouldn’t be open daily to visitors until the first of June, so Ding knew her arrival there was going to be unexpected, which was exactly what she wanted it to be. Unexpected and, if she could manage it, unacknowledged and”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“Poor Oedipus. Had he only had the same. It would have saved him from so much trouble. But, of course, they thought they’d dispatched him, didn’t they?”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“she ran out of the house. She was”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“So once the paedophile message gets sent, someone starts monitoring things, waiting for the right moment for an arrest, and nineteen days later, there’s Uncle Bob.”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“wasn’t concerned with what you were meant to do. Seems he was”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves

“Handle the drinking any way you will, but keep clear of damaging Barbara Havers. Because if you do, Isabelle, if you have her transferred out of some sense of pique, then I will do something and you’re not going to like what it is.” He turned to leave, but her next words stopped him. “How dare you threaten me.” He faced her once again and she went on, her voice icy. “Do you know what I could do with that last statement of yours if I chose to? Do you have any idea how much Hillier would love to be rid of you as well? Or do you, perhaps, believe that having a mouldy title attached to your name actually protects you in some way? Are you really thinking that Hillier isn’t looking for a move to make against you because . . . what? He envies you your fine London”
― Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves