“Why complicate your life when it did not need complicating, when you had a choice?” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“You can’t plot murder like a novel. There are always loose ends in real life.” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“People do kill themselves, you know, Miranda, when they think their whole reason for living is being taken away from them. Even… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“How easy it was to capitalize on a person’s own bent for self-destruction; how simple to nudge them into non-being, then to… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Robin was disposed to feel desperately sorry for anyone with a less fortunate love life than her own – if desperate pity… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“But the lies she told were woven into the fabric of her being, her life; so that to live with her and… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them. Strike… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Strike had never wanted children; it was one of the things on which he and Charlotte had always agreed, and it had… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“When, Strike wondered, would he next enjoy a pint on a Friday with friends? The notion seemed to belong to a different… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“It was nearly eight before he returned to the office. This was the hour when he found London most lovable; the working… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Hard to remember these days that there was a time you had to wait for the ink and paper reviews to see your work… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“it was weird. Would you believe it if some supermodel called you up and told you she was your sister?’ Strike thought of his… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“Strike was used to playing archaeologist among the ruins of people’s traumatised memories;” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“The model? Whoa.' But Spanner's interest in human beings, even when dead or famous, was still secondary to his fondness for rare comics, technological… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“so he sat smoking on the sofa with the lower trouser leg hanging empty towards the floor, lost in thought.” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“People liked to talk; there were very few exceptions, the question was how you made them do it. Some were amenable to alcohol; others… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“Can I ask who you are, sir?" "Yeah, I expect so," said Strike, walking past him and ringing the doorbell. Anstis's dinner invitation notwithstanding,… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“With the invention of the internet, any subliterate cretin can be Michiko Kakutani.” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“She is a woman of an excellent assurance, and an extraordinary happy wit, and tongue. Ben Jonson, Epicoene, or The Silent Woman” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
“...writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share
