Quotes by : John Lanchester

The white policeman was a man who gave an impression of heaviness. It wasn't that he was fat, but he....

In his experience with women, it was difficult to recover once things began to go wrong--once they had....

The idea of luxury, even the word "luxury," was important to Arabella. Luxury meant something that was....

The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love the person being worried about experiences....

Petunia only ever went to the doctor reluctantly, and her motive in doing so was always the same: she....

It gave her a sudden sense that it was now her turn to grow old, to find the world changing, sliding....

Although he too was heading to work, Shahid was glad he wasn't dragging himself off to some office job.....

You heard people say forty was the new thirty and fifty was the new forty and sixty was the new forty-five,....

No, Roger had not seen the funny side. But there had been a moment when, after looking at his watch,....

He had a simple maxim for all competitive or adversarial situations: work out what the other party least....