“And then other days, well, you realise that life throws some pretty grim stuff at everyone at one time or another. You… — Joy Ellis Life Copy Share Image
“If you were sad, the remoteness echoed your misery, but if you were happy, the sheer magnitude of the sky above, the… — Joy Ellis Every moment Copy Share Image
“No, the world’s not all shit. There are just some seriously shitty people in it,” — Joy Ellis Shitty People Copy Share Image
“We all have our crosses to bear, ma’am, but it doesn’t stop us lending a hand to a friend, does it?” — Joy Ellis Friendship Copy Share Image
“She’d read somewhere that suicide was a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” — Joy Ellis Suicide Copy Share Image
“Ben realised that shock was setting in. He smiled reassuringly and said that he would leave her with the WPC for a… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“When she’d had attacks in the past, and there had been quite a few just after Emily’s death, they had always been… — Joy Ellis Depression Copy Share Image
“swift glance to his watch, then sat down carefully on a low wall that edged a reed-choked dyke, and removed one of… — Joy Ellis Perfect timing Copy Share Image
“Ever since the passing of Princess Di, this kind of thing had become almost de rigueur.” — Joy Ellis Princess Di Copy Share Image
“Given the circumstances, we do what we think is right at the time. That’s all we can do. The fact that we… — Joy Ellis Ethics Copy Share Image
“Joseph smiled down at her. Tamsin had been incredibly lucky. She had been carefully monitored for three days, and now the doctors… — Joy Ellis Time Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, he thought, you had to do things you detested, in order to have the things that you truly wanted.” — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“His life was not ruined, you know, just terribly altered. He will get through this, I’m certain of it.” — Joy Ellis Life Copy Share Image
“Young rookie coppers no longer knew how to communicate with people. They were taught aggression, not law, and that was wrong.” — Joy Ellis Youth Copy Share Image
“Let nature take its course, let the healing begin, and who knows what the future may bring.” — Joy Ellis Healing Copy Share Image
“You know when someone says, “I’m fine!” too often? You know damn well they are lying.” — Joy Ellis Lying Copy Share Image
“Ever heard about the swan? All serene on the surface, and paddling like hell under the water.” — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Death is not the extinguishing of the light, but the blowing out of the candle, because dawn has come.” — Joy Ellis Death Copy Share Image
“Again the odd look and Rory realised that yet another underling had decided his temporary boss was as mad as a box… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
