“...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 Bonkers Copy Share Image
“How brave are you prepared to be, Eleanor?” Laura asked. This was the correct question. I am brave. I am brave, courageous,… — Gail Honeyman Courage 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
“I understood that assisted conception was the antithesis of careless, spontaneous or unplanned parenthood, that it was the most deliberate of decisions,… — Gail Honeyman Conception Copy Share Image
“In primary school, sports day was the one day of the year when the less academically gifted students could triumph...As if a… — Gail Honeyman Academically Copy Share Image
“Life is all about taking decisive action, darling. Whatever you want to do, do it— whatever you want to take, grab it.… — Gail Honeyman Decisive 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
“I'd worked out that social success is often built on pretending just a little. Popular people sometimes have to laugh at things… — Gail Honeyman Comedy Copy Share Image
“Asking for help was anathema to me. I'd told Maria that. 'And how's that been working out for you so far?' she'd… — Gail Honeyman Anathema Copy Share Image
“It occurs to me that there are many things in life that I’ve never considered doing, Raymond. I suppose I hadn’t realized… — Gail Honeyman Life 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
“if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? And if… — Gail Honeyman Tree Copy Share Image
“The gilded confines of the Beauty Hall were not my preferred habitat; like the chicken that had laid the eggs for my… — Gail Honeyman Chicken Copy Share Image
“Men like Raymond, pedestrial dullards, would always be distracted by women who looked like her, having neither the wit nor the sophistication… — Gail Honeyman Feminism Copy Share Image
Eleanor Oliphant isn't me or anyone I know. Of course I've felt loneliness - everybody does - but Eleanor and her experiences… — Gail Honeyman Everybody Copy Share Image
“Her home was so...shiny. She was shiny too, her skin, her hair, her shoes, her teeth. I hadn't even realized before; I… — Gail Honeyman Scuffed 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 Heart Copy Share Image
I was hurtling towards 40, and I'd always wanted to write. It does focus your mind, heading towards that big birthday. If… — Gail Honeyman Big Copy Share Image
“I took one of my hands in the other, tried to imagine what it would feel like if it was another person's… — Gail Honeyman Contemporary Copy Share Image
“Some people, weak people, fear solitude. What they fail to understand is that there’s something very liberating about it; once you realize… — Gail Honeyman Solitude 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 Brown Copy Share Image
“I have always enjoyed reading, but I've never been sure how to select appropriate material. There are so many books in the… — Gail Honeyman Books 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
