--- title: "1 Afternoon sun Quotes By Ruth Hogan" description: "1 Afternoon sun quotes by Ruth Hogan. Plus more from Ruth Hogan and more Afternoon sun sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/ruth-hogan-36653_afternoon-sun_could-have-sworn-that-she-saw-the-tip-of_2524863.jpg" --- > [“could have sworn that she saw the tip of Douglas’s tail wag. She left Bomber to his odious sister and tripped downstairs into the bright afternoon sunshine. The last thing she heard as she closed the door behind her was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/could-have-sworn-that-she-saw-the-tip-of-douglas-s-tail-wag-she-left/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/ruth-hogan-36653_afternoon-sun_could-have-sworn-that-she-saw-the-tip-of_2524863.jpg) ## More by Ruth Hogan > [“Perhaps he had seen her as a challenge. Or a novelty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/perhaps-he-had-seen-her-as-a-challenge-or-a-novelty/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“He drank milk and fruit juice straight from the carton, ate with his elbows on the table, held his knife like a pen, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/he-drank-milk-and-fruit-juice-straight-from-the-carton-ate-with-his/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“A hush is a dangerous thing. Silence is solid and dependable, but a hush is expectant, like a pregnant pause; it invites mischief, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/a-hush-is-a-dangerous-thing-silence-is-solid-and-dependable-but-a/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“Nothing wrong doesn’t make him Mr Right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/nothing-wrong-doesn-t-make-him-mr-right/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“the wonderful thing about books was that they were films that played inside your head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/the-wonderful-thing-about-books-was-that-they-were-films-that-played/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“And women with red shoes and green handbags were never to be trusted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/and-women-with-red-shoes-and-green-handbags-were-never-to-be-trusted/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“Her grandmother had once told her that one could blame ugliness on one's genes and ignorance on one's education, but there was absolutely no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/her-grandmother-had-once-told-her-that-one-could-blame-ugliness-on/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“Time for the lovely cup of tea”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/time-for-the-lovely-cup-of-tea/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“could have sworn that she saw the tip of Douglas’s tail wag. She left Bomber to his odious sister and tripped downstairs into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/could-have-sworn-that-she-saw-the-tip-of-douglas-s-tail-wag-she-left/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“It was too early for gin and lime, and too hot for tea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/it-was-too-early-for-gin-and-lime-and-too-hot-for-tea/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“Henry. She could never trust a man who shared his name with a vacuum cleaner.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/henry-she-could-never-trust-a-man-who-shared-his-name-with-a-vacuum/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) > [“Common decency, good manners, kindness and hard work were treated as peculiarities”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-hogan/common-decency-good-manners-kindness-and-hard-work-were-treated-as/) [Ruth Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-hogan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afternoon-sun/ruth-hogan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Afternoon sun Quotes By Ruth Hogan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“could have sworn that she saw the tip of Douglas’s tail wag. She left Bomber to his odious sister and tripped downstairs into the bright afternoon sunshine. The last thing she heard as she closed the door behind her was from Portia, in an altogether changed, but still unpleasant, wheedling tone: ‘Now, darling, when are you going to publish my book?’ At the corner of Great Russell Street she stopped for a moment, remembering the man she had smiled at. She hoped that the person he was meeting hadn’t left him waiting for too long. Just then, in amongst the dust and dirt at her feet, the glint of gold and glass caught her eye. She stooped down, rescued the small, round object from the gutter and slipped it safely into her pocket. Chapter 4 It was always the same. Looking down and never turning his face to the sky, he searched the pavements and gutters. His back burned and his eyes watered, full of grit and tears. And then he fell; back through the black into the damp and twisted sheets of his own bed. The dream was always the same. Endlessly searching and never finding the one thing that would finally bring him peace. The house was filled with the deep, soft darkness of a summer night. Anthony swung his weary legs out of bed and sat shrugging the stubborn scraps of dream from his head. He would have to get up. Sleep would not return tonight. He padded down the stairs, their creaking wood echoing his aching bones. No light was needed until he reached the kitchen. He made a pot of tea, finding more comfort in the making than the drinking, and took it through to the study. Pale moonlight skimmed across the edges of the shelves and pooled in the centre of the mahogany table. High on a shelf in the corner, the gold lid of the biscuit tin winked at him as he crossed the room. He took it down carefully and set it in the shimmering circle of light on the table. Of all the things that he had ever found, this troubled him the most. Because it was not a ‘something’ but a ‘someone’; of that he was unreasonably sure. 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