86 Quotes by Katherine Rundell

When Sophie had first learned to read, Charles had kept the whisky in a bottle labeled CAT’S URINE, so that Sophie would not touch it, but she had uncorked the bottle and sipped it, and then sniffed at the underside of the cat next door. They were not at all similar, though equally unpleasant.

The dark-haired girl had the face of someone who had seen a lot, and wouldn’t mind punching most of it.

Sophie and Charles did not live neatly, but neatness, Sophie thought, was not necessary for happiness.

Sometimes it seemed difficult for the adults in Sophie’s life to tell between ‘carried away’ and ’absolutely correct but unbelieved.

Oh.′ A syllable can express a great deal. Will’s sounded of resignation but also of swear words, and the smell of rotting vegetation, and wary amusement and bitten fingernails.