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> [“Avril had the sense they say comes with your last moments; not so much that she saw her life flashing before her eyes, but more that she felt it behind her, all its pent-up force propelling her into whatever would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/avril-had-the-sense-they-say-comes-with-your-last-moments-not-so-much/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

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## More by Mick Herron

> [“... and Louisa watched another car arriving, this one as unmarked as the cop cars, but more so.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/and-louisa-watched-another-car-arriving-this-one-as-unmarked-as-the/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“Fear lives in the guts. That’s where it makes its home. It moves in, shifts stuff around; empties a space for itself—it likes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/fear-lives-in-the-guts-that-s-where-it-makes-its-home-it-moves-in/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“Like smokers unable to smell their habit on their clothes, drinkers always thought themselves unaffected.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/like-smokers-unable-to-smell-their-habit-on-their-clothes-drinkers/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“And even if she does, she might end up with the life choices of a carrot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/and-even-if-she-does-she-might-end-up-with-the-life-choices-of-a/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“Besides, leaked evidence would have resulted in a whitewash, or a Select Committee Inquiry as they were also known;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/besides-leaked-evidence-would-have-resulted-in-a-whitewash-or-a/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“There is a topic being left unaddressed, and Belwether is starting to feel his way around its edges, like a man sizing up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/there-is-a-topic-being-left-unaddressed-and-belwether-is-starting-to/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“He has the people skills of a natterjack toad, but he knows his way round the ether.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/he-has-the-people-skills-of-a-natterjack-toad-but-he-knows-his-way/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“Having a cat is one small step from having two cats, and to be a single woman within a syllable of fifty in possession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/having-a-cat-is-one-small-step-from-having-two-cats-and-to-be-a/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“Those young-man dreams of living each day as if it were your last, they wore off; showed up, in the cold light of after-fifty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/those-young-man-dreams-of-living-each-day-as-if-it-were-your-last/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“Avril had the sense they say comes with your last moments; not so much that she saw her life flashing before her eyes, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/avril-had-the-sense-they-say-comes-with-your-last-moments-not-so-much/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“Because we both know the tide’s turning. The decent people in this country are sick to death of being held hostage by mad liberals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/because-we-both-know-the-tide-s-turning-the-decent-people-in-this/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“The first half hour took a little less than twice that long, which was par for the course.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/the-first-half-hour-took-a-little-less-than-twice-that-long-which-was/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“How's your career looking?' 'Well, I don't have an arse two inches in front of my nose, so my view beats yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/how-s-your-career-looking-well-i-don-t-have-an-arse-two-inches-in/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“That was the true purpose of Slough House. It was a way of losing people without having to get rid of them, sidestepping legal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/that-was-the-true-purpose-of-slough-house-it-was-a-way-of-losing/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

> [“It’s a phrase, black swan,” she said. “Means a totally unexpected event with a big impact. But one that seems predictable afterwards, with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-herron/it-s-a-phrase-black-swan-she-said-means-a-totally-unexpected-event/)

[Mick Herron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-herron/)

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