The Sanatorium Quotes

“Grief is like a series of bombs exploding, one after another. Every hour, a new detonation. Shock after shock after shock.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Il faut bonne mémoire après qu'on a menti'
A liar should have a good memory.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“It’s strange, she thinks, how for her, claustrophobia doesn’t only exist in spaces outside herself, but within her too. That horrible sense of being trapped inside your own body.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Seeing yourself like that, shadowy, distorted, it’s like looking into the darkest parts of your soul.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“She’s forgotten how easy it is to lose track of someone; the sum of their parts.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“The most easily manipulated? Social media. The extrovert colleague having a meal with her ‘squad’ could in fact be eating alone, reading a book. The artsy shot of the prize-winning book? Discarded after the first page.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“The ego always wins. It's a weakness in everyone, the desire to know the most, be the hero, the one to save the day.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Anger is often unpredictable, a barrier to keeping things in check.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“People don’t like a winner.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Grief … it’s like a series of bombs exploding, one after another. Every hour, a new detonation. Shock after shock after shock.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“She’s often thought about this, the risks of a crime in a remote location. How vulnerable people would be, how much damage could be inflicted in a short period of time. Her mind flickers to the terror attacks in Norway in 2011. Anders Breivik, a right-winger on a rampage, shot at teenagers gathered on the island of Utøya during an annual summer camp. The island’s remote location meant that by the time the police had reached them sixty-nine people had already been massacred.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Things are messy, there aren't always explainations.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Closure by deletion of the past.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“blindsided,”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“A dream that meant enough for her to keep a photograph on her desk, however painful it is to remember.
But then, who doesn't have dreams like that? Who doesn't wonder: What if life had taken a different path?”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“It's strange, she thinks, how for her, claustrophobia doesn't only exist in spaces outside herself, but within her too.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Part of her wants to dismiss what she heard as a figment of her imagination, a different sound altogether, but another part of her is sure: Whoever was in there was watching her.
Waiting.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“She can't help but be a little jealous, not only of how close they are, but how easy it seems - no weird silences or secrets, no game playing. A family life that's completely opposite to anything she's ever known.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“She closes her eyes and hears echoed threats.
Only babies tell and you're a baby.
Tell tale tit your tongue will split.
Her head is throbbing.
Do that again and I'll kill you.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“How could she be so stupid? She'd nearly fallen for it, the words, the feigned emotion, but people don't change, do they? The ability to lie, deceive, it's woven so deep, it's impossible to pick out, remove.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“How do you go about unpicking someone from your life when they're the thread tying every part of you together?”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“He's never said it, but she knows her inflexibility pisses him off. He can't understand it, come to grips with it, so he turns it into something funny.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Daniel was the principal architect for the hotel. He went missing in the final stages of planning. Didn’t make it home one night. Left the site in the afternoon, and that was it. His car was here, in the car park, but they found no sign of him. Gone.” Isaac snaps his fingers. “No footprints. Nothing. Never found his bag, his phone . . .”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Відтепер я робитиму що захочу. І до біса всіх, хто стане на заваді.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Не переймайся. Це звичайна помилка, якої припускається кожен. Его завжди перемагає. Всі ми хочемо знати якнайбільше, бути героями, рятувати світ, і в цьому наше слабке місце.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Я дав собі клятву: щойно одужаю, буду брати все від кожного дня свого життя.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“Ось це — аномалія, думала вона. Напруження, яке вона відчула. Це протистояння інституції і краси лякає. Напевно, декоративні елементи мали замаскувати той факт, що споруда не було розважальним закладом. Тут страждали й помирали люди.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“On nous apprend à vivre quand la vie est passée. They teach us to live when life has passed. —Michel de Montaigne”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“How do you go about unpicking someone from your life when they’re the thread tying every part of you together?”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

“But that’s reasonable, right? If someone tosses you aside like you’re rubbish. No one likes that, do they? Feeling used.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium