Tana French

“The thought of a mortgage round my neck makes me edgy.”

— Tana French

“Sarte was right, Hell is other people”

— Tana French

“People snap the way they snap.”

— Tana French

I had a pretty happy, loved childhood.

— Tana French

“sussed you or you’re not going to get anywhere, wind it”

— Tana French

“She smelled of sweet safe things I hadn’t smelt in years,”

— Tana French

“Nobody knows you like people you grew up with.”

— Tana French

“If you need a few tips on coping, ask me now.”

— Tana French

“I spend my days watching soap operas, eating bonbons and plotting society's downfall.”

— Tana French

“Our relationship with truth is fundamental but cracked, refracting confusingly like fragmented glass.”

— Tana French

I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect.

— Tana French

“Self-immolation's a nice gesture, but it doesn't usually achieve very much.”

— Tana French

“a queen in a fairy tale, left alone in her tower to mourn her lost, witch-stolen princess.”

— Tana French

My father told me once that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for.

— Tana French

I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.

— Tana French

I found out early that you can throw yourself away, missing what you've lost.

— Tana French

“Various therapists and psychiatrists have diagnosed various things along the way, but what it comes down to is that Dina is no…

— Tana French

I've got this theory that human beings are innately religious; we have a belief system. It doesn't have to be a theist…

— Tana French

“Mental' isn't a reason. It comes in an awful lot of flavors, most of them are non-violent, and every single one of…

— Tana French

“Most people have no reason to know how memory can turn rogue and feral, becoming a force of its own and one…

— Tana French

“I’ve always loved strong women, which is lucky for me because once you’re over about twenty-five there is no other kind.”

— Tana French

“She informed me, matter-of-factly, that she was old enough to know the difference between intriguing and fucked up. "You should go for…

— Tana French

“I could get a fedora and a trench coat and a wisecracking sense of humor; she could sit poised at hotel bars…

— Tana French

“My father once told me that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for. If you…

— Tana French

There's a Spanish proverb," he said, "that's always fascinated me. "Take what you want and pay for it, says God.'" "I don't…

— Tana French

“She was wearing combat trousers and a wine-colored woollen sweater with sleeves that came down past her wrists, and clunky runners, and…

— Tana French

There was a time when I believed I was the redeemed one, the boy borne safely home on the ebb of whatever…

— Tana French

“To my mind the defining characteristic of our era is spin, everything tailored to vanishing point by market research, brands and bands…

— Tana French

“What does he have to be jealous of? No, I think the mentality has its origins in the Puritan moral framework: the…

— Tana French

That kind of friendship doesn't just materialize at the end of the rainbow one morning in a soft-focus Hollywood haze. For it…

— Tana French

We had no one else to learn this from- none of our parents were shining examples of relationship success- so we learned…

— Tana French

“In all your life, only a few moments matter. Mostly you never get a good look at them except in hindsight, long…

— Tana French

“In every way there is, murder is chaos. Our job is simple, when you get down to it: we stand against that,…

— Tana French

Our entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies,…

— Tana French

“Places are supposed to look smaller when you go back to them, but my road just looked schizoid. A couple of the…

— Tana French

“I know this is one of the unthinkable taboos of our society, but I had discovered in myself a talent for a…

— Tana French

“If you’ve ever dreamed that you walked into your best-loved book or film or TV program, then maybe you’ve got some idea…

— Tana French

“I remember this country back when I was growing up. We went to church, we ate family suppers around the table, and…

— Tana French

“My friend Emma, who likes things to add up neatly, claims that this is because my parents died when I was too…

— Tana French

“There's a Spanish proverb that's always fascinated me. 'Take what you want and pay for it, says God.' I don't believe in…

— Tana French