7 Quotes by Minette Walters

It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed...

It will be as if we never existed if our history cannot be read.

We all know it's safer to beat up on people who won't retaliate,' he told her, 'but it's a quick way to lose friends. You need to find ways of dealing with confrontation when it happens.

There is no truer saying than “Revenge is a dish best eaten cold.” It is so much sweeter for the waiting, and my only regret is that I cannot broadcast my triumph to the world.

Pleasures don’t last like the snow falls in the river, a moment white – then melts for ever.

I happen to think the relationship between the police and society is drifting out of balance. The police have forgotten that they are there only by invitation, while society has forgotten that because it chooses the laws which regulate it, it has a responsibility to uphold them. The relationship should be mutually supportive.

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.’ Eric Hoffer.