The Bullet That Missed Quotes

“If murder were easy, none of us would survive Christmas.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Everyone wants to feel special, but nobody wants to feel different,”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“There are scars, yes, but that at least means the bleeding has stopped.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Very few things are so important you would risk your life for them, but all sorts of things are important enough to risk somebody else’s life.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“It’s the people, in the end, isn’t it?” says Viktor. “It’s always the people. You can move halfway around the world to find your perfect life, move to Australia if you like, but it always comes down to the people you meet.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“If life ever seems too complicated, if you think no one can help, sometimes the right person to turn to is an eight-year-old.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“People drift in and out of your life, and, when you are younger, you know you will see them again. But now every old friend is a miracle.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“I have been Googling, but there’s not much out there. I got so desperate I even used Bing,”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“At one point he brushed my hand and there was electricity, but I think that was the combination of the deep carpet outside the restaurant and my new cardigan.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“It was best to grab everything while you could. Who knows when your final swim might come, your final walk, your final kiss?”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Would Ron like a team of officers rooting through his underwear?” “I don’t think anyone would like that,” says Ibrahim. “Least of all the officers.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Night-time is for questions without answers,”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Life is about understanding opportunities. Understanding how rarely they come along, and then rising to meet them when they do.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Not rollercoasters, not skyscrapers, just the accumulation of small moments that turn acquaintance into friendship.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“They can take me as they find me,' says Ron. 'I've earned this face, it tells a story.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Ever so ambitious, but they only use 'ambitious' as a criticism about women, don't they?”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“the pool would still be here in the summer. “Ah, but we may not be,” Joyce had replied, and she was right. It was best to grab everything while you could. Who knows when your final swim”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“He eats salmon and broccoli now. He eats so much broccoli he can spell it without looking it up.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Stephen shrugs. “We all go at some point, my Viking friend. I’d rather she wasn’t killed by a cowardly Swede, but best to bow out doing something decent. I’m sure I’d miss her, but someone else would turn up soon enough. Beautiful spies everywhere you look. Falling out of trees.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“What was he thinking? That was the one question she knew not to ask a man. They were almost always thinking nothing at all, so were thrown by the question, and felt compelled to make something up.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“Everyone wants to feel special, but nobody wants to feel different.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“The prophet is often unheralded in his own land.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“I’m sure,” says Elizabeth. “If murder were easy, none of us would survive Christmas.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“And, second, I thought I shouldn’t have given her the knitting needles,” says Connie. “But you can’t be ruled by hindsight, can you?” “That is a wise thing to say.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“I’m not just here for tea and biscuits you know.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“It is far too cold to swim, but Joyce would not be dissuaded. Elizabeth had told her not to be so silly, and that the pool would still be here in the summer. “Ah, but we may not be,” Joyce had replied, and she was right. It was best to grab everything while you could. Who knows when your final swim might come, your final walk, your final kiss? Elizabeth has an idea what secret Bogdan is keeping from her. So be it.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“on the plus side, she is not dead. Which at least gives her options.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“If you are disappointed with your face, eventually it shows.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“got so desperate I even used Bing, but the results were the same, if a bit slower.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“But you can’t be ruled by hindsight, can you?”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed