Quotes from Michael Robotham

I thought I knew everything about friendship and family: the happiness, simplicity and joy within them. But there is another side of devotion, a side which Samira understands.

Now it was time for others to take up the battle because he had given up trying to save or change the world. He simply wanted to survive it.

Wealth lost, something lost; Honor lost, much lost; Courage lost, all lost. German proverb

Ricordati che anche l'ora peggiore della tua vita non dura più di sessanta minuti.

People who lose children have their hearts warped into weird shapes. Losing a child is beyond comprehension. It defies biology. It contradicts the natural order of history and genealogy. It derails common sense. It violates time. It creates a huge, black, bottomless hole that swallows hope.

Like pigeons.' 'What's so mysterious about pigeons?' 'They're always the same size. You never see baby pigeons or old-age pigeons.

Why do people always talk about how fast a car can get from naught to sixty? I mean, what's the big deal about sixty miles an hour? It's like people think aliens are going to land and only be able to do fifty-nine. They'll suck out our brains unless we can do naught to sixty in less than ten seconds.

He has one of those totally open faces with wet brown eyes like a baby seal just before it gets clubbed.

but I have grown accustomed to living alone, having one-sides conversations and arguments with myself that I still manage to lose.

She's been used more often than a jailhouse condom.

At this time of year, when the temperature drops, I wear non-slip shoes, a woolen scarf and a permanent frown. Forget about global warming. As I get older the world gets colder. That's a fact.

Os antigos Gregos costumavam dizer que a Sorte era uma mulher muito bonita de cabelo encaracolado que caminhava na rua entre as pessoas. Talvez o seu nome fosse Karma. É uma amante inconstante, uma mulher prudente, uma rameira e uma adepta do Manchester United. Costumava ser minha.

I've heard it said that you can discover how you feel about someone when you watch them sleeping. You see things you don't look for at other times. The elegance of an open mouth, the absence of anxiety, the vulnerability of each breath, a small vein pulsing beneath her pale skin.

I realized that life is a series of good-byes and I had to make sure that I didn't waste my days or use them up too soon.

Her pale fat throat seems to have a fist inside it, moving up and down.

Every society gets the criminals it deserves" is her philosophy. "And the police force it's willing to pay for, rather than the one it insists upon.

The three biggest lies in the world are these: it gets better; everything will be OK;

this: I have never met anyone who is so central to my existence that life without her seems incomprehensible, who I care more about than I do myself.

his hand to a woman is a coward with the devil living in his heart.

I ONCE DISMISSED FAITH BECAUSE I VIEWED IT FROM AN INTELLECTUAL STANDPOINT, BUT FAITH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INTELLECT.

The real power belongs to the people who control information,' he says, still staring at the ground. 'Individuals who can suppress stories, fix problems, spin news and plant false information

You do not understand yet what you will understand in the end .

buy a cup of tea from the dining car, along with a 'gourmet' sandwich which is evidence of how culinary words can be devalued.

That's the good thing about dying young. You don't have to lament too many mistakes or carry too great a burden of regret about the people you wronged or the dreams that were unfulfilled. It's much better to die in your prime, before the damage is done to your body or other people.