A Duty to the Dead Quotes

“That's the point of working with one's hands, you see. It gives the mind something else to do besides worry.”
― Charles Todd, A Duty to the Dead

“We left the flat together. I expected– dreaded– Mrs. Hennessy popping out her door and asking who my young man was. “An escaped murderer, Mrs. Hennessy; my father will be horrified.” But she didn’t come out her door.”
― Charles Todd, A Duty to the Dead

“Sometimes you see briefly into someone’s heart, and it becomes a bond between you that goes beyond friendship.”
― Charles Todd, A Duty To The Dead

“My mother had said to me afterward, “Your father is a fool.” When I asked her why, she’d shrugged. “Men generally are,” she’d retorted, and changed the subject.”
― Charles Todd, A Duty To The Dead

“I hadn’t realized that a break in a bone could be so exquisitely painful. I’d feel a greater tolerance for the the wounded after this.”
― Charles Todd, A Duty to the Dead

“War is a bloody waste of good men,”
― Charles Todd, A Duty To The Dead

“POSH…I hadn’t thought of that in ages. It stood for Port side Out, Starboard side Home.”
― Charles Todd, A Duty To The Dead

“Courage will keep her safer than fear.”
― Charles Todd, A Duty To The Dead