“I failed her. And she's out of my life. I don't even know where she's living. What she's doing to get through the days. And I miss her. Every single day, I miss her.”
― Val McDermid, quote from Cross and Burn
“It forced me to realise that I'd been blaming you for not being flawless. And none of us is flawless.' Another sigh. 'I was so angry with myself for what happened to Michael and Lucy that I had to turn my anger somewhere else and you were the easiest target.”
― Val McDermid, quote from Cross and Burn
“We all make mistakes, Carol. Sometimes they're more expensive than others. But I don't deserve to lose you,' he said, spreading his hands in appeal.”
― Val McDermid, quote from Cross and Burn
“To move forward, you have to accept the truth of a situation. Not persist in myth-making.”
― Val McDermid, quote from Cross and Burn
“She'd cook like an angel and fuck like a whore”
― Val McDermid, quote from Cross and Burn
“The bodies of two murdered women have been found this week. For the record, I didn't kill either of them.”
― Val McDermid, quote from Cross and Burn
Val McDermid
Born place: in Fife, Scotland, The United Kingdom
Born date June 4, 1955
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“He was a square, pale-faced man of almost forty, and had the appearance of having outlived every emotion to which humanity is subject.”
― Mary Elizabeth Braddon, quote from Lady Audley's Secret
“In the end, though, science is what matters; scientists not a bit.”
― James D. Watson, quote from The Double Helix
“The door was locked and Alexia, resourceful as she was, had not yet learned to pick locks. Though she mentally added it to her list of useful skills she needed to acquire along with hand-to-hand combat and the recipe for pesto. If her life were to continue on its present track which after 26 years of obscurity, now seemed to mainly involve people trying to kill her, it would appear that acquiring a less savory skill set might be necessary. Although she supposed pesto making ought to be termed 'more savory'.”
― Gail Carriger, quote from Blameless
“Temptation leans on the doorbell, but opportunity knocks only once.”
― Malorie Blackman, quote from Boys Don't Cry
“Me, a nothingness zombie in a nothingness box in a nothingness hell.”
― Daniel Keyes, quote from The Minds of Billy Milligan
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