What Only We Know Quotes

“The world had been out of balance for far too long. It was time, at last to level the scales.”
― Catherine Hokin, What Only We Know

“We haven't been much use to you.' He shook his head as she tried to speak. 'It's best I finally face the truth, even if it is too late to mend things. We thought the world would always be ours, you see. And we're not equipped for what it's become. Your mother is my centre, Liese; Lottie is yours. Let us go; keep what matters safe.”
― Catherine Hokin, What Only We Know

“Liese”
― Catherine Hokin, What Only We Know

“She had turned young and old, and it broke my heart.”
― Catherine Hokin, What Only We Know

“Her relationship with her parents was a distant, unhappy thing. Liese was adamant her child would have better and Lottie did - but that was snatched away from her and there was nothing left for Karen”
― Catherine Hokin, What Only We Know

“… or, better still, new faces who wouldn't ask her anything personal at all. Who would let her forget, for eight glorious hours every day, the impossible unthinkable fact that her beautiful mother wasn't silent or absent; she was dead.”
― Catherine Hokin, What Only We Know

“You're wrong. You're so wrong. Some things never end, the war's not over and you're caught in its crosshairs, just as tightly as me”
― Catherine Hokin, What Only We Know

“The world had changed beyond repair and yet on her parents went, helpless and spoiled and completely self-centred. They were a burden as heavy round her shoulders as the business had been.”
― Catherine Hokin, What Only We Know