Putney Quotes

“It is quite a big deal. It's so extraordinary that we female humans should be linked to the moon and the tides. It'd sound like science fiction if you made it up – mysterious planetary forces making us bleed.”
― Sofka Zinovieff, Putney

“A slow-motion hunt so gradual that the prey didn’t even realise it was being pursued, and would eventually just lie down to be mauled.

~Jane”
― Sofka Zinovieff, Putney

“As an adult, Jane admitted the guilt of the innocent; she had wanted Ralph. She could confess to that. Not that she had engineered it, but she had been complicit. She was equally clear that she had been raped.”
― Sofka Zinovieff, Putney

“Diving into unfamiliar seas was careless and irresponsible if one didn’t take into account the possibility of rocks and monsters below the surface.”
― Sofka Zinovieff, Putney

“Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes.

~Ralph”
― Sofka Zinovieff, Putney

“Everything flows. You never step into the same river twice. Everything is changing all the time.

~Ralph”
― Sofka Zinovieff, Putney

“You remember how Hansel and Gretel ends?" Her voice was calm and sly.

"Uh, yes. They kill the witch and escape back home?"

"Exactly. It's Gretel, the little girl, who outwits the witch and shoves here into the oven, saves her fattened-up brother from the cage, and finds a way out of the dark forest. It's never too late to kill the witch, Daphne. Think about it. There's a natural balance in getting justice, even if it's much later. The witch should't get away with it. I know you think your case is unique, but you can bet there were other children tempted by the candies....”
― Sofka Zinovieff, Putney