Quotes by : Jessie Burton

What are we all chasing? Nella wonders. To live, of course. To be unbound from the invisible ropes that....

Neighbours watching neighbours, twisting ropes to bind us all.

You are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still.

But words are water in Amsterdam, they flood your ears and set the rot, and the church's east corner....

Then where is home, Johannes?" He looks at the maps on his wall. "I don't know," He says. "Where comfort....

I felt nothing change in the room, except the shock of my voice alone and the peculiar euphoria one feels....

From little seeds great flowers grow.

Take care, take care. This city thrives! It's money gives you wings to soar. But it is a yoke on your....

Believe it or don't believe it, Madame. But my feet are tired too. Bloody tired. Like a dead man's.

I’m doing the absolute opposite of giving myself away. As far as I’m concerned, I’ll be completely....