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The Good Samaritan

John Marrs

Top 10 Best Quotes

“If it was cancer or a heart condition that had killed Charlotte, people might have related to me better, because many people have lost someone to one of those illnesses. But when it’s an invisible problem like mental health or suicide, people aren’t sure how to talk about it. They’d rather say nothing than end up saying something insensitive, stupid or becoming tongue-tied. It made for a lonelier life for me, though.”

“Because when you’re not considered to be a threat, you can get away with much, much more.”

“You're stronger than us. Once you find your anchor never let go of it. No matter what.”

“I no longer had any choice in what to do next. I knew I had to go and see the only person who could bring an end to all of this, and beg the woman who killed my wife and baby to show me mercy.”

“I guess it was easier to hide her sadness behind the written word than to disguise the emptiness in her voice.”

“So much of what you believe – or what you have convinced yourself to be true – can be flipped on its head quicker than you can ever imagine.”

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.’ —Muhammad Ali”

“Nothing but the sound of their last breaths and the coastal wind howling through their phones as they fell five hundred and thirty feet into the water below.”

“It only took a couple of terms at the University of Sunderland before I understood that once you strip away a town's facade, they're all the same underneath.”

“For the more vulnerable out there, once the darkness falls, so do their barriers. Night-time is their enemy, because with fewer visible distractions there’s more opportunity to dwell on how hopeless their lives have become.”

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