The Night Away Quotes

“She uses and abuses people for her own gain, doesn’t care who gets hurt as long as she gets what she wants.”
― Jess Ryder, The Night Away

“of them are real friends … Unable to face giving Mabel a bottle under their disapproving gaze, Amber makes her excuses and leaves the pub. No doubt they’ll be talking about her now, she thinks as she”
― Jess Ryder, The Night Away

“I'm confident she won't have given my name as a possible suspect. It won't even have occurred to her. No doubt when the police asked, as they always do, whether there was anyone who might want to do her harm, she wasn't able to think of a single person. Such a joke. Insensitive, entitled people like Amber never realise how many people hate them. They trample through the jungle of life without a thought for creatures like me who live in the undergrowth. Either they don't notice us at all, or they pick us up, use us and then have the cheek to call it friendship. Like we're supposed to be grateful they've spent any time with us at all”
― Jess Ryder, The Night Away

“The front garden looks like a location shoot, littered with open metal boxes full of camera equipment, and hefty bearded guys muttering into their phones. The garden offers a safe haven; neither public nor press can touch them here. Two uniformed officers are guarding the gate, and a section of the street and park have been cordoned off with fresh plastic tape. The media have been forced back and are pushing against the tape like paparazzi waiting for a celebrity to emerge from the house”
― Jess Ryder, The Night Away

“The bell has rung again. Who is it this time? There have been numerous comings and goings this past hour - the front door opening and closing, unfamiliar voices in the hallway, heavy footsteps on the parquet flooring. Usually, this is a strictly take-your-shoes off house, but not today. Her mother hates visitors because they leave traces that she then has to eradicate - a toilet seat left up, a badly folded towel, stray hairs, human smells ... Will she cast these neuroses aside in the light of the current crisis, or will she cling to them more tightly than ever?”
― Jess Ryder, The Night Away

“The bell has rung again. Who is it this time? There have been numerous comings and goings this past hour - the front door opening ad closing, unfamiliar voices in the hallway, heavy footsteps on the parquet flooring. Usually, this is a strictly take-your-shoes off house, but not today. Her mother hates visitors because they leave traces that she then has to eradicate - a toilet seat left up, a badly folded towel, stray hairs, human smells ... Will she cast these neuroses aside in the light of the current crisis, or will she cling to them more tightly than ever?”
― Jess Ryder, The Night Away

“I can't go on like this; the situation is killing me. I've become a ghost of myself, haunting a life that never was and never can be.”
― Jess Ryder, The Night Away