A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Four short sentences, and not one of them comes easily.

There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?’ She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin. "They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don’t know. I need help. I’m sorry. I was wrong’.

Still Life · Louise Penny

When anger arrives as relief, because it clears everything else away.

The rage is growing inside me, overtaking the shock and grief. I can feel it blossoming up behind my ribs. It’s almost a relief, how it obliterates every other feeling in its path.

The Guest List · Lucy Foley

Every book she read was a ship sent out by someone who felt alone.

So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

Matilda · Roald Dahl