“Like any collection of family photographs, it was a random selection that told only fragments of a story. The real tale would be revealed by the pictures that were missing or never even taken at all, not the ones that had been so carefully framed or packed away neatly in an envelope.”
― Victoria Hislop, quote from The Island
“After the endless disappointing cups of Nescafé, served as though the tasteless dissolving granules of instant coffee were a delicacy, Alexis felt no cup of coffee had ever tasted as powerful and delicious as this.
It seemed that nobody had the heart to tell the Greeks that Nescafé was no longer a novelty – it was this old-fashioned thick and treacly fluid that everyone, including her, craved.”
― Victoria Hislop, quote from The Island
“spilled out like a volcanic eruption. Wardrobe”
― Victoria Hislop, quote from The Island
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Born place: The United Kingdom
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“I believe one has to get one's hand dirty or you're nothing but a hobbyist.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“What's plan b?'
'We all die now.'
'What's plan c?”
― Joss Whedon, quote from Astonishing X-Men, Volume 4: Unstoppable
“هل يوجد عجز وهوان أكبر من أن يضطر الإنسان لقضاء حاجة محرجة أمام أعين العالم أجمع ؟ الحاجة! إن اسمها وحده يُفصح عن المعاناة. وككل ماقد يضطر المرء للقيام به تحت ظروف قاهرة، فإنها تتطلّب لقضائها - بشكل يمكن تحمّله - تتطلب الغياب المطلق لأي انسان .. أو على الأقل التظاهر بالغياب
مثلاً غابة حين يكون المرء في الريف، أو دغل صغير حين يكون في الحقول، أو على الأقل حفرة صغيرة في الحقل أو ظلام الليل وإن لم يكن فقطعة أرض مساحتها كيلومتر مربع يُمنع على أي كان دخولها .
أما في مدينة تكتظّ بساكنيها والتي لايوجد فيها بقعة مظلمة بمعنى الكلمة وحيث لاتُشكل أطلال المباني أي درع حقيقي ضد النظرات المتطفلة، في المدينة لاينفع المرء شيء إلا الابتعاد عن الناس، لاينفع إلا حجرة لها قفل و ترباس . ومن لايملك شيئاً كهذا الملجأ عند الحاجة يكون آتعس الناس و أكثرهم استحقاقاً للرثاء، سواء كان حراً أم لم يكن .”
― Patrick Süskind, quote from The Pigeon
“There is one thing I've learned about people: they don't get that mean and nasty overnight. It's not human nature. But if you give people enough time, eventually they'll do the most heartbreaking stuff in the world.”
― Jennifer Mathieu, quote from The Truth About Alice
“He always kept me safe. He would forever have my heart...even if I could never have his.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from Heart Recaptured
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