“No ramifications whatsoever. You’re not going to ramificate; you don’t know what it means. You don’t know which of the words I… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“Its weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Strong people can walk away- no repercussions, you… — Sophie Hannah Strength Copy Share Image
“This is why mysteries are the best kind of stories: because you only get the truth at the very end, when you're… — Sophie Hannah Truth Copy Share Image
“Oh, God. I can’t do this. I only slightly want to have a baby. I think. I actually don’t know at all.” — Sophie Hannah Oh god Copy Share Image
“Prejudices are comforting: everyone should make sure to cultivate at least three.” — Sophie Hannah Racism Copy Share Image
A lot of women feel like they should be enjoying motherhood, they should be fulfilled and shouldn't be thinking, 'I wish I… — Sophie Hannah Enjoying Copy Share Image
If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project… — Sophie Hannah About Copy Share Image
“I’m low-level angry most of the time, never really know why,’ Simon told him. ‘You got the brunt of it. This time.” — Sophie Hannah Time Copy Share Image
I am a fellow commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. My husband used to be a lecturer at Leeds University, and we lived… — Sophie Hannah College Copy Share Image
Reading is the only area of my life in which I prefer to be non-autonomous. — Sophie Hannah Area Copy Share Image
“I’m not convinced that stories from real life have beginnings and ends, as a matter of fact. Approach them from any vantage… — Sophie Hannah Life Copy Share Image
“Like having a can of Coke after a long and thirsty game of tennis. Tastes better than any other can of Coke… — Sophie Hannah Marriage Copy Share Image
The brilliant thing about swimming is that, while you're doing it, there's nothing else you could be getting on with, like the… — Sophie Hannah About Copy Share Image
“didn’t belong to her. She said her car was missing a mirror and the trains were knackered, so she’d” — Sophie Hannah Fitness Copy Share Image
“Wall of lies?’ Proust muttered. ‘Is that the one that borders the orchard of obsession that contains the tree of lunacy?” — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the person everyone is afraid of alarming or offending has a slightly less fixed idea about what sort of person they… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I love the house we're in, but at the same time, I'm hooked on the romance of house-hunting. — Sophie Hannah Home Copy Share Image
My favourite Friday treat is to drive out of the centre of Cambridge, where we live, and go for a swim at… — Sophie Hannah Barn Copy Share Image
“She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when… — Sophie Hannah Better person Copy Share Image
For me, a big part of writing psychological thrillers is choosing crimes committed for motives which would only apply to a particular… — Sophie Hannah Afflictions Copy Share Image
What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when… — Sophie Hannah Arrive Copy Share Image
