The Missing Page Quotes

“I may have called in a few favors.” He was going to have to send a lavish flower arrangement to Mrs. Patel. Or possibly a set of throwing knives.”
― Cat Sebastian, The Missing Page

“The more Leo thought about it, the less he liked it. Leo had read this detective story and he had seen the film and knew that when you made the heirs gather together, they immediately started putting exotic poisons into one another’s tea. They simply couldn’t help themselves.”
― Cat Sebastian, The Missing Page

“And maybe it was as simple as that—you made compromises for the people you loved. Sometimes they were gifts bestowed on the undeserving—looking after a father who might have cast you out if he knew the truth of who you were. Sometimes they were small—cooking an extra meal and washing some dishes in order to smooth things over for the man you loved. Maybe that was what it took to build a life—the recognition that there was always going to be someone giving and someone taking. It didn’t have to be equal and it didn’t have to even make sense.”
― Cat Sebastian, The Missing Page

“The world was filled with queer people. Was it really such an outlandish notion that one of them should be in his family?”
― Cat Sebastian, The Missing Page

“Leo had read this detective story and he had seen this film and knew that when you made the heirs gather together, they immediately started putting exotic poisons into one another's tea. They simply couldn't help themselves.”
― Cat Sebastian, The Missing Page

“I wonder if nobody at all talks about her,” James went on. “Based on what Lilah said, they don’t. And that seems unfair, almost. Unfair to her memory, I suppose. People deserve to be remembered.”
― Cat Sebastian, The Missing Page