Anne Perry

“without honor and kindness there are no rituals in the world that make any difference,”

— Anne Perry

“And she was attractive. She had an unusual mixture of innocence and individuality. A man who loved her might waken all kinds…

— Anne Perry

“A veces la ignorancia es una especie de salvaguarda.”

— Anne Perry

“When you are in love, there is not much that hurts as deeply as rejection.”

— Anne Perry

“He was a man built to yearn for what he could not have.”

— Anne Perry

“He actually cared. It was an odd friendship- awkward, grown slowly from beginnings of mutual contempt- but it was real nonetheless.”

— Anne Perry

“It was the unknown that paralyzed the will to fight.”

— Anne Perry

“We can become so cruel and so selfish when we are afraid.”

— Anne Perry

Your own gown is most delicately suitable, both to the occasion and to yourself,' to be translated: Your gown is insipid and…

— Anne Perry

“Which was worse, to intrude or to pretend not to have seen, because you had no idea what to do?”

— Anne Perry

“The very power of evil is that it is not recognizable to us most of the time. It is not repellent at…

— Anne Perry

People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.

— Anne Perry

I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life…

— Anne Perry

We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue.

— Anne Perry

“She understood very clearly why people go mad. Sometimes it is the only way to survive the unbearable when all other flight…

— anne perry

“Es terrible traicionar a tu país. Me cuesta imaginar algo peor, salvo quizá traicionarte a ti mismo. El”

— Anne Perry

“I mean a spiritual fear of being weak, to the very soul, the fear which makes you hate, because you are too…

— Anne Perry

“But experience had taught her that such arguments failed. You cannot tell people to take into account what they do not wish…

— Anne Perry

Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are. I…

— Anne Perry

“Had he any choice? Can one decide whether to love or not? Yes, probably. One could walk away from life and choose…

— Anne Perry

The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will…

— Anne Perry

Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it seemed easy,…

— Anne Perry

I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.

— Anne Perry

“How quickly a moment sinks into the past.”

— Anne Perry

“But the things that Christ taught are still true, of that I am absolutely certain. Meet me at the end of the…

— Anne Perry