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“One doesn't lie down with a lion and get to act surprised if one finds oneself devoured.”
― Graham Moore, The Last Days of Night

“My mother always says the only way two people can keep a secret,” she says, “is if one of them is dead.”
― Freida McFadden, Never Lie

― Freida McFadden, The Boyfriend

“So what is truth, then ?’
‘Truth is a successful delusion.”
― Manu Joseph, The Illicit Happiness of Other People

“An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion - you feel these things in your muscle and bones, not just in your mind.”
― William Landay, Defending Jacob

“Wanting to know. Everybody wants to know. But maybe growing up means accepting that you're not always able to.”
― Graham Moore, The Holdout

“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

[Witness for the Prosecution, also published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories.]”
― Agatha Christie, The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

“Well, yes, I am [a criminal]," says Jamie. "But not what you're talking about. Not planting bombs, not killing people. I'm a coward."
"Don't be so hard on yourself," says Bogdan. "We all have different strengths.”
― Richard Osman, The Impossible fortune

“Oh, lawyers can be very creative when they smell money.”
― John Grisham, The Widow

“What is the Eliza effect?” “In short, it is people’s tendency to attribute human thoughts and emotions to machines.”
― Michael Connelly, The Proving Ground

“Turning oneself to the misfortunes of others is the best way to dispense with personal troubles. Hadn’t Lord Byron himself said, “The busy have no time for tears”?”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Why doesn’t anybody question anything?” she asks her grandfather, focusing on him once again.

“They like being happy,” he says softly.”

― Stuart Turton, The Last Murder at the End of the World