Sophie Hannah famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I 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 Hannah

#Long #Looks #Break
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 Hannah

#Liars #Lying #Opportunity
Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention.
-- Sophie Hannah

#Ambitious #Attention #Fiction
I am a fellow commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. My husband used to be a lecturer at Leeds University, and we lived in Yorkshire for 11 years. When he gave up his job, we realised we could live wherever we liked.
-- Sophie Hannah

#Jobs #Husband #College
Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people look incredibly bright, as if they are probably off to win a Nobel prize.
-- Sophie Hannah

#Winning #People #Heaven
I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isnt happening.
-- Sophie Hannah

#People #Trying #Encounters
No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady, overgrown magic about it.
-- Sophie Hannah

#Years #Magic #England
But we'll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we'll have each other.
-- Sophie Hannah

#Love #Messy
We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.
-- Sophie Hannah

#Giving #Illusion #Weak
You can always, and easily, give somebody the gift of hope and faith, even in the midst of despair.
-- Sophie Hannah

#Giving #Despair #Hope And Faith
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 Hannah

#Strong #Hurt #People
I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just dont understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.
-- Sophie Hannah

#Writing #Thinking #Mafia

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