The Wolf in Winter
John Connolly
Top 10 Best Quotes
“He was trying to put loss into words, but loss is absence and will always defy expression.”
“Misery loved company, but damnation needed it.”
“Know a man by his metaphors.”
“There was a lot to be said for the discipline of married life. It forced one to learn the art of compromise, and to remedy the flaws in one's nature.”
“It’s a full-time job being homeless. It’s a full-time job being poor.”
“Prepare for the worst and you won’t be disappointed.”
“The trick was not to stifle the emotions, but to control them. Love, anger, grief – all were weapons in their way, but they needed to be kept in check.”
“It didn’t matter whether a thing existed or not. What mattered was the trouble caused by those who believed in its existence.”
“If he has a weakness, it’s that he’s a moral being. Where possible, he’ll do the right thing, the just thing, and if he does wrong he’ll bear the guilt of it.”
“Come on,” I said a third time, to the approaching darkness, to the figures that beckoned from within it, to the peace that comes at last to every dead thing.”
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