Quotes from Tana French, Faithful Place

We were still at the age when girls are years older than guy, and the guys grow up by doing their best when the girls need them to.

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, somewhere along the way.

Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK.