The Incident Report Quotes

“Afraid. Afraid. Why are you always thinking about fear? Life is bigger than fear.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“You never get angry with me, not really angry."
"I do."
"But you don't show it."
"I'm not allowed to hide what I want to hide? What if I don't like anger?”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“Whereas many men drink, he eased his anguish by purchasing books”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“We are all subject to economic necessity.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“I preferred my fork to resemble a spear”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“If somebody had asked I would have told them all sorts of lies, the same lies I was in the habit of telling myself.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“Without statistics we would cease to exist. If we restricted ourselves to the lending of books we would cease to exist.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“My fury with my father and my anger with my mother for refusing to forgive him competed with each other.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“And yet, when the Duke sang his song, accusing women of his own fickleness, I ignored the words and easily allowed the melody to swallow me.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“The park is a huge sigh, a deep breath.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“My father was a man who whistled, who wove himself an armour of cheerful notes, and smiled and smiled.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“The freezing air slapped my cheeks; it plunged down my throat into my unsuspecting lungs.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“With each quick breath the fear grows. a rustling of leaves in the cavity of my chest. But soon I've washed, dressed, drunk a cup of tea, eaten a piece of toast, and am on my way to work, riding my bicycle in the prescribed direction.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report

“I thanked him and handed him the address, the same address I'd copied out for him the week before and the week before that. Once a week he requested this address.”
― Martha Baillie, The Incident Report