Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives.
Sophie HannahStichwörter: lies
What they'd got was a fat, balding academic who bandied about the phrase "family annihilation", especially when there were cameras pointed at him, and mentioned the titles of books and articles he'd written to anyone who would listen; who blatantly thought he was the mutt's nuts, as Sellers had so aptly put it.
Sophie HannahI never do enjoy my breaks, long or short...I look forward to them intensely, but as soon as they begin, I can feel them starting to end. I feel the temporariness of my freedom, and find it hard to concentrate on anything other than the sensation of it trickling away.
Sophie HannahStichwörter: freedom dread anxiety
Weak people always attack strong people - it's safer. It's weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Stong people can walk away - no repercussions, you see, if you attack a stong person.
Sophie HannahStichwörter: thedeadliedown
No attack is ever really an attack on the victim. It's the perpetrator attacking an aspect of himself that he loathes. He or she.
Sophie HannahStichwörter: thedeadliedown
You can always, and easily, give somebody the gift of hope and faith, even in the midst of despair.
Sophie HannahBut we’ll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we’ll have each other
Sophie HannahPrejudices are comforting: everyone should make sure to cultivate at least three.
Sophie HannahSimon would disapprove, in the way that people who lacked life experience always disapproved of others having adventures they had so far missed out on.
Sophie HannahWe manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.
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