Quotes of Sarah Pearse

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“Grief is like a series of bombs exploding, one after another. Every hour, a new detonation. Shock after shock after shock.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Il faut bonne mémoire après qu'on a menti'A liar should have a good memory.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“She’s forgotten how easy it is to lose track of someone; the sum of their parts.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Seeing yourself like that, shadowy, distorted, it’s like looking into the darkest parts of your soul.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“She’s often thought about this, the risks of a crime in a remote location. How vulnerable people would be, how much damage could be inflicted in a short period of time. Her mind flickers to the terror attacks in Norway in 2011. Anders Breivik, a right-winger on a rampage, shot at teenagers gathered on the island of Utøya during an annual summer camp. The island’s remote location meant that by the time the police had reached them sixty-nine people had already been massacred.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Anger is often unpredictable, a barrier to keeping things in check.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Things are messy, there aren't always explainations.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“The ego always wins. It's a weakness in everyone, the desire to know the most, be the hero, the one to save the day.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“People don’t like a winner.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“The most easily manipulated? Social media. The extrovert colleague having a meal with her ‘squad’ could in fact be eating alone, reading a book. The artsy shot of the prize-winning book? Discarded after the first page.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Closure by deletion of the past.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“It’s strange, she thinks, how for her, claustrophobia doesn’t only exist in spaces outside herself, but within her too. That horrible sense of being trapped inside your own body.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“On nous apprend à vivre quand la vie est passée. They teach us to live when life has passed. —Michel de Montaigne” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Family is all you have, but it isn’t found only in a blood connection. Family shows itself in the unlikeliest of moments: the split-second glances, a gesture, the hand next to yours when you need it the most.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Retreat
“Ось це — аномалія, думала вона. Напруження, яке вона відчула. Це протистояння інституції і краси лякає. Напевно, декоративні елементи мали замаскувати той факт, що споруда не було розважальним закладом. Тут страждали й помирали люди.” ― Sarah Pearse, Het resort
“Ось це — аномалія, думала вона. Напруження, яке вона відчула. Це протистояння інституції і краси лякає. Напевно, декоративні елементи мали замаскувати той факт, що споруда не було розважальним закладом. Тут страждали й помирали люди.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Я дав собі клятву: щойно одужаю, буду брати все від кожного дня свого життя.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Не переймайся. Це звичайна помилка, якої припускається кожен. Его завжди перемагає. Всі ми хочемо знати якнайбільше, бути героями, рятувати світ, і в цьому наше слабке місце.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
“Відтепер я робитиму що захочу. І до біса всіх, хто стане на заваді.” ― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium
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Sarah Pearse

Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters. She studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick and worked in Brand PR for a variety of household brands. After moving to Switzerland in her twenties, she s…

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