Pretending Quote by Gail Honeyman

This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities…

— Gail Honeyman

“I go over most Sundays,' he went on. 'She doesn't get out much - I'm sure she'd love to see a new face.' 'Even…

— Gail Honeyman

“Men like Raymond, pedestrial dullards, would always be distracted by women who looked like her, having neither the wit nor the sophistication to see…

— Gail Honeyman

“nebulous and milky, like light from an old, old star.”

— Gail Honeyman

“I allowed my mind to wander. I’ve found this to be a very effective way of passing the time; you take a situation or…

— Gail Honeyman

“Some people, weak people, fear solitude. What they fail to understand is that there’s something very liberating about it; once you realize that you…

— Gail Honeyman

“The moment hung in time like a drop of honey from a spoon, heavy, golden.”

— Gail Honeyman

“I have always enjoyed reading, but I've never been sure how to select appropriate material. There are so many books in the world--how do…

— Gail Honeyman

“A human hand was exactly the right weight, exactly the right temperature for touching another person, I realized.”

— Gail Honeyman

I know some writers are meticulous planners, but I'm not one of them.

— Gail Honeyman

“I do exist, don’t I? It often feels as if I’m not here, that I’m a figment of my own imagination. There are days…

— Gail Honeyman

I wanted to show platonic friendship between men and women, because I think it is underutilised in fiction.

— Gail Honeyman