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Alex Michaelides Quote: “How unfortunate for him that you’re such an ethical man.”

201. “How unfortunate for him that you’re such an ethical man.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “For a terrifying second I thought he was going to throw me out off the roof.”

202. “For a terrifying second I thought he was going to throw me out off the roof.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “It was a strange, timeless moment – that first moment they saw each other. Time seemed to slow down, flatten, and stretch. Mariana was transfixed, held in his gaze, unable to look away. It was an odd feeling, a bit like recognizing someone – someone she had once known intimately, and couldn’t quite place where or when they had lost touch.”

203. “It was a strange, timeless moment – that first moment they saw each other. Time seemed to slow down, flatten, and stretch. Mariana was transfixed, held in his gaze, unable to look away. It was an odd feeling, a bit like recognizing someone – someone she had once known intimately, and couldn’t quite place where or when they had lost touch.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Kathy and I were happy before; we could be again.”

204. “Kathy and I were happy before; we could be again.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Mariana might not be a detective, but she was a therapist, and she knew how to listen. To listen not only to what was being said, but also to everything unsaid, all the words unspoken – the lies, evasions, projections, transferences, and other psychological phenomena that occurred between two people, and that required a special kind of listening.”

205. “Mariana might not be a detective, but she was a therapist, and she knew how to listen. To listen not only to what was being said, but also to everything unsaid, all the words unspoken – the lies, evasions, projections, transferences, and other psychological phenomena that occurred between two people, and that required a special kind of listening.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “My argument with so much of psychoanalysis is the preconception that suffering is a mistake, or a sign of weakness, or a sign even of illness. When in fact, possibly the greatest truths we know have come out of people’s suffering. – ARTHUR MILLER.”

206. “My argument with so much of psychoanalysis is the preconception that suffering is a mistake, or a sign of weakness, or a sign even of illness. When in fact, possibly the greatest truths we know have come out of people’s suffering. – ARTHUR MILLER.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “This was the first time I came face to face with Alicia Berenson. The rest, as they say, is history.”

207. “This was the first time I came face to face with Alicia Berenson. The rest, as they say, is history.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Alicia’s body. But where Jean-Felix saw beauty, I saw only pain; I saw self-inflicted wounds, and scars of self-harm. ‘Did she ever talk to.”

208. “Alicia’s body. But where Jean-Felix saw beauty, I saw only pain; I saw self-inflicted wounds, and scars of self-harm. ‘Did she ever talk to.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Sometimes I think – No. I won’t write about that.”

209. “Sometimes I think – No. I won’t write about that.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “It’s hard to imagine two more different women than Kathy or Alicia. Kathy makes me think of light, warmth, colour and laughter. When I think of Alicia, I think only of depth, of darkness, of sadness. Of silence.”

210. “It’s hard to imagine two more different women than Kathy or Alicia. Kathy makes me think of light, warmth, colour and laughter. When I think of Alicia, I think only of depth, of darkness, of sadness. Of silence.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “I saw it now. I would never be safe. Never be loved. All my hopes, dashed-all my dreams, shattered-leaving nothing, nothing. My father was right-I didn’t deserve to live. I was-nothing.”

211. “I saw it now. I would never be safe. Never be loved. All my hopes, dashed-all my dreams, shattered-leaving nothing, nothing. My father was right-I didn’t deserve to live. I was-nothing.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “My father’s unpredictable and arbitrary rages made any situation, no matter how benign, into a potential minefield.”

212. “My father’s unpredictable and arbitrary rages made any situation, no matter how benign, into a potential minefield.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Was God punishing me? Why? What was I guilty of- except falling in love?”

213. “Was God punishing me? Why? What was I guilty of- except falling in love?”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Fred looked a little more hopeful. “So you did want to talk to me?”

214. “Fred looked a little more hopeful. “So you did want to talk to me?”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “During the trial, the judge took a dim view of Alicia’s persistent refusal to speak. Innocent people, Mr. Justice Alverstone pointed out, tended to proclaim their innocence loudly – and often. Alicia not only remained silent, but she showed no visible signs of remorse. She didn’t cry once throughout the trial – a fact made much of in the press – her face remaining unmoved, cold. Frozen.”

215. “During the trial, the judge took a dim view of Alicia’s persistent refusal to speak. Innocent people, Mr. Justice Alverstone pointed out, tended to proclaim their innocence loudly – and often. Alicia not only remained silent, but she showed no visible signs of remorse. She didn’t cry once throughout the trial – a fact made much of in the press – her face remaining unmoved, cold. Frozen.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “The judge dismissed a lot of this as hearsay.”

216. “The judge dismissed a lot of this as hearsay.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “I’ve never been that comfortable with words – I always think in pictures, express myself with images.”

217. “I’ve never been that comfortable with words – I always think in pictures, express myself with images.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Surely now was the time to begin faking that recovery? To utter a few words here and there, then a few more; to slowly communicate some kind of remorse? But no. Week followed week, month followed month, then the years passed – and still Alicia didn’t speak.”

218. “Surely now was the time to begin faking that recovery? To utter a few words here and there, then a few more; to slowly communicate some kind of remorse? But no. Week followed week, month followed month, then the years passed – and still Alicia didn’t speak.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “We usually reserve that level of anger for our nearest and dearest, don’t you think?”

219. “We usually reserve that level of anger for our nearest and dearest, don’t you think?”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “He’s inside the house.”

220. “He’s inside the house.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “I remained silent. How could I talk? Gabriel had sentenced me to death. The dead don’t talk.”

221. “I remained silent. How could I talk? Gabriel had sentenced me to death. The dead don’t talk.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “I got the sense of nature encroaching, reclaiming territory that had once been hers.”

222. “I got the sense of nature encroaching, reclaiming territory that had once been hers.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “There is no such thing as a baby.”

223. “There is no such thing as a baby.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Perhaps. But let us not forget that while Alicia Berenson may be a murderer, she was also an artist. It makes perfect sense – to me at least – that she should pick up her brushes and paints and express her complicated emotions on canvas. No wonder that, for once, painting came to her with such ease; if grief can be called easy. The painting was a self-portrait. She titled it in the bottom left-hand corner of the canvas, in light blue Greek lettering. One word: Alcestis.”

224. “Perhaps. But let us not forget that while Alicia Berenson may be a murderer, she was also an artist. It makes perfect sense – to me at least – that she should pick up her brushes and paints and express her complicated emotions on canvas. No wonder that, for once, painting came to her with such ease; if grief can be called easy. The painting was a self-portrait. She titled it in the bottom left-hand corner of the canvas, in light blue Greek lettering. One word: Alcestis.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Screw another woman, fine,” she would say. “But take her out for dinner, hold her hand, tell her your hopes and dreams-then you’ve screwed me.”

225. “Screw another woman, fine,” she would say. “But take her out for dinner, hold her hand, tell her your hopes and dreams-then you’ve screwed me.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Although she didn’t know it at the time, she was already so deeply in love, there was no way out again. On some level, they became each other – they joined, like mercury.”

226. “Although she didn’t know it at the time, she was already so deeply in love, there was no way out again. On some level, they became each other – they joined, like mercury.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “We swore never to lie to each other. Never pretend. Always be truthful.”

227. “We swore never to lie to each other. Never pretend. Always be truthful.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “She felt alert, somehow – perhaps awake was a better word: everything seemed clearer, as if a fog had lifted; colors were sharper, the edges of things more defined. The world no longer felt muted and gray and far away – behind a veil. It felt alive again, and vivid, and full of color, wet with autumn rain; and vibrating with the eternal hum of endless birth and death.”

228. “She felt alert, somehow – perhaps awake was a better word: everything seemed clearer, as if a fog had lifted; colors were sharper, the edges of things more defined. The world no longer felt muted and gray and far away – behind a veil. It felt alive again, and vivid, and full of color, wet with autumn rain; and vibrating with the eternal hum of endless birth and death.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “An intimate kitchen-sink tragedy.”

229. “An intimate kitchen-sink tragedy.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Love is mutual respect, and constancy- and friendship.”

230. “Love is mutual respect, and constancy- and friendship.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Through these stories, Mariana fell in love with a vision of England and Englishness – an England that had quite possibly never existed beyond the pages of these books: an England of warm summer rain, and wet greenery, and apple blossom; winding rivers and willow trees, and country pubs with roaring fires. The England of the Famous Five, and Peter Pan and Wendy; King Arthur and Camelot; Wuthering Heights and Jane Austen, Shakespeare – and Tennyson.”

231. “Through these stories, Mariana fell in love with a vision of England and Englishness – an England that had quite possibly never existed beyond the pages of these books: an England of warm summer rain, and wet greenery, and apple blossom; winding rivers and willow trees, and country pubs with roaring fires. The England of the Famous Five, and Peter Pan and Wendy; King Arthur and Camelot; Wuthering Heights and Jane Austen, Shakespeare – and Tennyson.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “I felt such humility and gratitude for every second we spent together. I was aware how lucky, how incredibly fortunate I was to have such love, how rare it was, and how others weren’t so lucky.”

232. “I felt such humility and gratitude for every second we spent together. I was aware how lucky, how incredibly fortunate I was to have such love, how rare it was, and how others weren’t so lucky.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “I want to be clear – I never thought Alicia would shoot Gabriel. This is an important point. I never intended nor expected her to kill him. All I wanted was to awaken Alicia to the truth about her marriage, as I had been awakened. I intended to show her that Gabriel didn’t love her, that her life was a lie, their marriage a sham. Only then would she have a chance, as I had, to build a new life from the rubble; a life based on truth, not lies.”

233. “I want to be clear – I never thought Alicia would shoot Gabriel. This is an important point. I never intended nor expected her to kill him. All I wanted was to awaken Alicia to the truth about her marriage, as I had been awakened. I intended to show her that Gabriel didn’t love her, that her life was a lie, their marriage a sham. Only then would she have a chance, as I had, to build a new life from the rubble; a life based on truth, not lies.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Both theatre and reality, said Mr Levy, came down to just three words – motivation, intention and goal.”

234. “Both theatre and reality, said Mr Levy, came down to just three words – motivation, intention and goal.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “An ancient cat lay asleep by her feet, the ugliest cat I’d ever seen – battle scarred, bald in places, one ear bitten off. It was growling in its sleep.”

235. “An ancient cat lay asleep by her feet, the ugliest cat I’d ever seen – battle scarred, bald in places, one ear bitten off. It was growling in its sleep.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Maybe there’s a clue on her phone? Or her laptop? Let’s try and get into her room – ” Mariana shook her head. “We can’t do that, Zoe.” “Why not?”

236. “Maybe there’s a clue on her phone? Or her laptop? Let’s try and get into her room – ” Mariana shook her head. “We can’t do that, Zoe.” “Why not?”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “A vase of pink lilies – Kathy’s favorite flowers – was on the table; their strong musky scent made the air thick and hard to breathe.”

237. “A vase of pink lilies – Kathy’s favorite flowers – was on the table; their strong musky scent made the air thick and hard to breathe.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Why don’t you try writing things down? Keeping some kind of record? That might help.”

238. “Why don’t you try writing things down? Keeping some kind of record? That might help.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Alicia had painted a redbrick building, a hospital – unmistakably the Grove. It was on fire, burning to the ground. Two figures were discernible on the fire escape. A man and a woman escaping the fire. The woman was unmistakably Alicia, her red hair the same color as the flames. I recognized the man as myself. I was carrying Alicia in my arms, holding her aloft while the fire licked at my ankles.”

239. “Alicia had painted a redbrick building, a hospital – unmistakably the Grove. It was on fire, burning to the ground. Two figures were discernible on the fire escape. A man and a woman escaping the fire. The woman was unmistakably Alicia, her red hair the same color as the flames. I recognized the man as myself. I was carrying Alicia in my arms, holding her aloft while the fire licked at my ankles.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “I had no choice but to go on.”

240. “I had no choice but to go on.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Now she was expertly wielding a knife, not to thrust into her worthless husband’s heart, but to serve him another slice of steak.”

241. “Now she was expertly wielding a knife, not to thrust into her worthless husband’s heart, but to serve him another slice of steak.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “What a luxury that would be – to forgive. But I never got that chance.”

242. “What a luxury that would be – to forgive. But I never got that chance.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Tears collected in my eyes as I walked up the hill. I wasn’t crying for my mother – or myself – or even that poor homeless man. I was crying for all of us. There’s so much pain everywhere, and we just close our eyes to it. The truth is we’re all scared. We’re terrified of each other. I’m terrified of myself – and of my mother in me. Is her madness in my blood?”

243. “Tears collected in my eyes as I walked up the hill. I wasn’t crying for my mother – or myself – or even that poor homeless man. I was crying for all of us. There’s so much pain everywhere, and we just close our eyes to it. The truth is we’re all scared. We’re terrified of each other. I’m terrified of myself – and of my mother in me. Is her madness in my blood?”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “By that I mean psychiatrists tend to be wary of psychodynamic thinking. They favor a more biological, chemical, and, above all, practical approach – such as the cup of pills Alicia was handed at every meal.”

244. “By that I mean psychiatrists tend to be wary of psychodynamic thinking. They favor a more biological, chemical, and, above all, practical approach – such as the cup of pills Alicia was handed at every meal.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Kathy did that a lot, protesting her insanity – “I’m crazy,” “I’m nuts,” “I’m insane” – but I never believed her. She laughed too easily and too often for me to believe she’d ever suffered the kind of darkness I had experienced. She had a spontaneity, a lightness – she took a delight in living.”

245. “Kathy did that a lot, protesting her insanity – “I’m crazy,” “I’m nuts,” “I’m insane” – but I never believed her. She laughed too easily and too often for me to believe she’d ever suffered the kind of darkness I had experienced. She had a spontaneity, a lightness – she took a delight in living.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “That’s why, these days, I repeatedly force myself to return to my own experience: not are they enjoying themselves? But am I? Not do they like me? But do I like them?”

246. “That’s why, these days, I repeatedly force myself to return to my own experience: not are they enjoying themselves? But am I? Not do they like me? But do I like them?”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “It wasn’t a question of forgiveness. That wasn’t something Mariana could decide on, anyway. Ruth always said that forgiveness could not be coerced – it was experienced spontaneously, as an act of.”

247. “It wasn’t a question of forgiveness. That wasn’t something Mariana could decide on, anyway. Ruth always said that forgiveness could not be coerced – it was experienced spontaneously, as an act of.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “And it made me happy – even though I knew the ending.”

248. “And it made me happy – even though I knew the ending.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “We’re all over the place: we jump back and forth in time; slow down and expand on some moments; fast-forward through others; editing as we go, minimizing flaws and maximizing assets. We are all the unreliable narrators of our own lives.”

249. “We’re all over the place: we jump back and forth in time; slow down and expand on some moments; fast-forward through others; editing as we go, minimizing flaws and maximizing assets. We are all the unreliable narrators of our own lives.”

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Alex Michaelides Quote: “Although she didn’t know it at the time, she was already so deeply in love, there was no way out again.”

250. “Although she didn’t know it at the time, she was already so deeply in love, there was no way out again.”

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