“if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? And if… — Gail Honeyman Trees Copy Share Image
“After much reflection on the political and sociological aspects of the table, I have realized that I am completely uninterested in food.… — Gail Honeyman Food Copy Share Image
“I had no idea how to respond, and opted for a smile, which serves me well on most occasions (not if it's… — Gail Honeyman Death Copy Share Image
“...you're a bit bonkers-but in a good way. You make me laugh...you don't give a ____ about any of the stupid stuff...you… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“Ignis aurum probat. ‘Fire tests gold.’ The rest of the phrase: ‘… and adversity tests the brave’.” — Gail Honeyman Adversity Copy Share Image
“Although it’s good to try new things and to keep an open mind, it’s also extremely important to stay true to who… — Gail Honeyman Being yourself Copy Share Image
The workplace can be a good place to find opportunities to socialise, but what if you don't meet any like-minded people there,… — Gail Honeyman Alone Copy Share Image
“music. It was a cacophonous din, with too many guitars and not enough melody. It was, I thought, the sound of madness,… — Gail Honeyman Music Copy Share Image
“She only really enjoyed her own company. She tolerated mine, but fundamentally she was a recluse at heart, like J.D. Salinger or… — Gail Honeyman Eleanor-oliphant Copy Share Image
“His eyes were light brown. They were light brown in the way that a rose is red, or that the sky is… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“I suppose one of the reasons we’re all able to continue to exist for our allotted span in this green and blue… — Gail Honeyman Change Copy Share Image
“I feel sorry for beautiful people. Beauty, from the moment you possess it, is already slipping away, ephemeral. That must be difficult.” — Gail Honeyman Beautiful people Copy Share Image
“When did people become embarrassed to sing in public? Was it because of the decline in churchgoing? And yet the television schedule… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.” — Gail Honeyman Books Copy Share Image
Even with the most horrendous things that happen and the tremendous pain that people have to deal with, they still laugh, because… — Gail Honeyman Human Copy Share Image
“People seem to like me better with makeup on, for some reason,” I said. He raised his eyebrows and shrugged, apparently as… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“Did men ever look in the mirror, I wondered, and find themselves wanting in deeply fundamental ways? When they opened a newspaper… — Gail Honeyman Handsome men Copy Share Image
“There are scars on my heart, just as thick, as disfiguring as those on my face. I know they’re there. I hope… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“It turned out that if you saw the same person with some degree of regularity, then the conversation was immediately pleasant and… — Gail Honeyman Communication Copy Share Image
Loneliness is a huge issue for both individuals and for society. It's taken a long time for the issue to be treated… — Gail Honeyman Impact Copy Share Image
“I find lateness exceptionally rude; it’s so disrespectful, implying unambiguously that you consider yourself and your own time to be so much… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“Tiny slivers of life--they all added up and helped you to feel that you too could be a fragment, a little piece… — Gail Honeyman Life Copy Share Image
It's helpful to get feedback on your work, and I think you learn a lot from reading other people's work and giving… — Gail Honeyman Feedback Copy Share Image
