Ruth Dugdall > Quotes

“...that realisation that I was the oddity, the statistical probability, life was predictable.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

“...human beings have a distorted view of risk. They don't see the whole picture. Our perceptions are twisted by stories in the media, by films, by our own personalities and experiences. So, despite the unlikely odds, we still worry about being raped or murdered. We hear a sound in the night and think of burglars, not mice... It's kind of a protective pessimism: if we worry about the worst happening, it may miss our door.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

“gazing abstractly out on the Ipswich skyline, listening to the beep of the machine. We watched nurses press buttons, shine a torch into Jena’s eyes and clip her finger with a gadget to measure her pulse. Minutes ticked by with no change.”
― Ruth Dugdall, My Sister and Other Liars

“No matter how much the therapists over the eighteen months have told me that talking will help, I don’t believe them.”
― Ruth Dugdall, My Sister and Other Liars

“Say something often enough, people think it’s true. But what happens if it’s a lie and people just go on believing it?”
― Ruth Dugdall, My Sister and Other Liars

“Paranormal!”
― Ruth Dugdall, Nowhere Girl: Page-Turning Psychological Thriller Series with Cate Austin

“No.’ I’m determined that she should believe me. ‘Suicide is for cowards, and she’s not one of those.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Things You Didn't See

“That bad things happen, even in sleepy Suffolk?”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Things You Didn't See

“We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’s kind of a protective pessimism: if we worry about the worst happening, it may miss our door.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

“her”
― Ruth Dugdall, My Sister and Other Liars

“Dad and I follow the quick-footed nurse across the car park to the Garrett Anderson Centre and upstairs to the intensive care unit.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Things You Didn't See

“passed two wristbands under”
― Ruth Dugdall, My Sister and Other Liars

“No tacky chat mags for this crowd, only the best for Woodbridge’s finest.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Things You Didn't See

“close my eyes and hope for oblivion. I”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Things You Didn't See

“Pleasure and sin are the narcotics of the young. They’re too busy enjoying life to fear its loss”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

“All of the parents and children, waiting in Christchurch park for the firework display to start, how disappointed they’ll be. Their sparklers will fizzle out, they’ll be cold.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Things You Didn't See