Our entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their décor, their clothes, everything – taking it for granted that that’s the whole point of life. Never to be satisfied. If you are perfectly happy with what you got, especially if what you got isn’t even all the spectacular then you’re dangerous. You’re breaking all the rules. You’re undermining the sacred economy. You’re challenging every assumption that society is built on.
For a moment, I felt as if the universe had turned upside down and we were falling softly into an enormous black bowl of stars, and I knew, beyond an… - Tana French
For a moment, I felt as if the universe had turned upside down and we were falling softly into an enormous black bowl of stars, and I knew, beyond an…
- Tana French
A bore or an uggo might manage not to get up anyone's nose, but if a girl's got brains and looks and personality, she's going to piss someone off, so… - Tana French
A bore or an uggo might manage not to get up anyone's nose, but if a girl's got brains and looks and personality, she's going to piss someone off, so…
We think about mortality so little, these days, except to flail hysterically at it with trendy forms of exercise and high-fiber cereals and nicotine … - Tana French
We think about mortality so little, these days, except to flail hysterically at it with trendy forms of exercise and high-fiber cereals and nicotine …
Take what you want and pay for it, says God. You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and you will have to pay it. - Tana French
Take what you want and pay for it, says God. You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and you will have to pay it.
I had learned early to assume something dark and lethal hidden at the heart of anything I loved. When I couldn't find it, I responded, bewildered and… - Tana French
I had learned early to assume something dark and lethal hidden at the heart of anything I loved. When I couldn't find it, I responded, bewildered and…
Don't you ever feel that - that you just need to get away? From everything? That it's all too much? - Tana French
Don't you ever feel that - that you just need to get away? From everything? That it's all too much?
Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK. - Tana French
Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK.
You don't have to like your family, you don't even have to spend time with them, to know them right down to the bone. - Tana French
You don't have to like your family, you don't even have to spend time with them, to know them right down to the bone.
The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find… - Tana French
The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find…
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