40 quotes
You must surely know by now, Winters, that a leader’s authority is limited to giving her followers orders that they will actually obey.
The Untold Story (2021)
Don’t you realize you have a responsibility to other people to look after yourself?
The Untold Story (2021)
The problem with paranoia was that if you let it rule all your decisions, then you would miss some perfectly good opportunities.
The Burning Page (2016)
“But don’t make the same mistakes that we have, Irene.” Her mouth quirked in a smile. “Make some new ones.”
The Secret Chapter (2019)
Sometimes the obvious answer is the true answer.
The Mortal Word (2018)
Blind faith is just another word for slavery.
The Burning Page (2016)
We shouldn’t be playing politics. We should be focusing on what’s important.
The Untold Story (2021)
You can’t trust people in power, dearie. They’ll say whatever they want, all the witnesses will be paid to agree, and then you’re behind bars till the end of your days. Or worse.
The Mortal Word (2018)
She wasn’t actually going to lie, but there was…well, there might be an element of flexibility.
The Invisible Library (2015)
First things first. Get the facts, then decide what to do next. And hope that there is a next.
The Mortal Word (2018)
She’d thought the situation couldn’t get much worse. She’d been wrong. The situation could always get worse.
The Lost Plot (2017)
The news was highly coloured, even if the print was black and white.
The Lost Plot (2017)
We are all the sum of our memories, after all.
The Untold Story (2021)
I don’t care about politics or the greater good or universal peace or whatever. I just want to be left in peace with books.
The Dark Archive (2020)
I think the time for blind trust is long over. Now I need answers.
The Untold Story (2021)
There were so many possible logical holes in that statement that Irene could have used it as a tea-strainer.
The Burning Page (2016)
She’d sort things out later. She’d explain things later. Right now she just had to make sure there would be a later.
The Invisible Library (2015)
It was only a hypothesis, but it made an uncomfortable amount of sense.
The Masked City (2015)
Be careful. Be diplomatic. Try not to blow anything up.
The Secret Chapter (2019)
Irene hated trusting to luck. It was no substitute for good planning and careful preparation.
The Masked City (2015)