The Heron's Cry Quotes

“He spent too much of his time responding to disasters that never happened.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“We were never soulmates, you know. We never lived in each other’s pockets. But in a way, that was why it worked. We were so different that we learned from each other, there was something new to discuss when we did come together. But”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“You need to get professional help.’ She was seriously losing patience. More than losing patience. It was the man’s apathy and self-delusion that got under her skin. She imagined slapping him to bring him somehow to his senses and found herself enjoying the image. She nodded to the computer screen. ‘Getting caught up in that nonsense is just pathetic.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“The couple had got into the habit of leading separate lives and had forgotten how to talk about anything important.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“prosaic,”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“Jonathan had met Oldham a couple of times and had taken an instant dislike. He pictured the man, tomato-faced, with as little self-control as a toddler in the middle of a temper tantrum, yelling into his phone.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“deciduous”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“people who understood the abstract better than the personal.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“I think Frank just didn’t have the ability to make the imaginative leap, to put himself in the place of people he’d never met, like the care home residents.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“complacent”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“Jonathan nodded towards the heron. ‘Those birds always remind me of you. So patient. Just willing to wait. Entirely focused on their prey.’ A pause. ‘I wish I could be more like that. But I jump in, all splash and noise.’ ‘I’ve never heard one call,’ Matthew said. ‘That’s like you too then. Silent. I’m never quite sure what you’re thinking.’ Matthew didn’t know what to say.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“the heron. ‘Those birds always remind me of you. So patient. Just willing to wait. Entirely focused on their prey.’ A pause. ‘I wish I could be more like that. But I jump in, all splash and noise.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“Branscombe remained silent as if the answer was too obvious to be worth speaking.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“was suddenly furious. These changes of mood hit him sometimes, scaring him with their ferocity. Not a red mist, but a clear flash of white light, a lack of control, a rush of energy and aggression.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“Just fucking grow up, Wesley!’ Yet, Wesley was still here, still using the place. Eve thought he slid through life on charm and the goodwill of others. He was amiable, good to be around. He lightened the mood wherever he went, so they all put up”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“sometimes he thought life had been easier when there’d been no contact. Contact brought responsibility”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“She was never entirely sure what she made of Wes. Sometimes he seemed like an eccentric older brother, wild and unreliable, but keeping a lookout for her all the same. Sometimes he just irritated her, with his lack of responsibility and focus. How could he still live like this? He must be at least forty. Forty-five even. He would make a fine musician or a good artist, if only he worked a bit harder at either craft.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“not caring that she was lost. Being lost was good, the equivalent of escaping into making glass. It stopped her from thinking.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“She picked up her phone and saw a list of missed calls and new emails: friends asking after her, offering hospitality, condolence, wanting a chance to be a part of the drama. She felt swamped by the attention.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“commission. Jen nodded. She recognized the name. Ley had been all over the news at one time. Not courting the limelight himself – he was notoriously shy – but celebrated by journalists”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“We’re not the sort of couple who lives in each other’s pockets. We live our own lives. It means we have something to say to each other when we finally get together.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“No signature, but none was needed.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“We’re all supposed to be open about mental health these days. Very sympathetic. But the reality of the bloody thing, the person’s self-obsession, the relentless movement, like they’re constantly wired, the tedious repetition of paranoid thoughts, that hasn’t changed. You can’t know just how exhausting severe depression can be for other people until you’ve experienced it.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“Wesley didn’t really like people who made demands on him,’ Janey said. ‘It was always the other way around. And depressed people can be very demanding.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“tired,”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry

“to side with the scrotes.”
― Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry