34 Quotes by H.G. Parry

There are coincidences in life, not in books. Everything in a book is placed there for a reason. What’s the reason for this one?

It’s not fair. It feels good to write it, even if it doesn’t change it. It’s not fair. It’s not fair it’s not fair it’s not fair it’s not FAIR. It’s. Not. Fair. I know that life isn’t. But stories are. Or if they’re not fair, they’re not fair with purpose. I wish I could tell better where stories end and life begins.

The only thing more tedious than someone else’s crises are one’s own.

History is every bit as much of a story as fiction.

That’s not what Charley says,” I returned. I felt, illogically, that I was scoring a point. “He says that feelings are a mind picking up on things it doesn’t always understand.” “Perhaps. But if so, they are a poor substitute for true understanding.

As I recall,” Millie said, “in your book, your secret isn’t revealed until you stab your painting in the heart.” He shrugged. “That’s how all secrets are revealed, in the end. Either someone else betrays us, or we betray ourselves.

What you need to understand about protagonists, Sutherland, is that we’re all busy with our own plots. We can’t help it; we’re not used to sharing our stories.

Every supporting character is the protagonist of his own story.

Nothing stays hidden. Secrets are always found out, and the world is unforgiving.