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“A killer’s logic was never rational. In his mind, his course of action would make total sense: the only viable conclusion. It’s that sense of utter conviction that enabled killers to do what they did – a ruthless single-mindedness.” (The Sanatorium Quotes)
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Adele loves her son wholly, absolutely, but sometimes she struggles to remember who she was before. What her world was like before it had been deconstructed, reassembled into something else entirely.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Anger is often unpredictable, a barrier to keeping things in check.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Don’t overthink it. Put the past in the past.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Grief is like a series of bombs exploding, one after another. Every hour, a new detonation. Shock after shock after shock.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“He’s tall, athletic looking, but it isn’t his stature that’s giving off the power vibe; it’s his wide-legged stance, the big expansive gestures. Only people with influence, money, possess that kind of inbuilt belief that they have the right to take up that much space.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Her body is reacting to something here; something living, breathing, woven into the DNA of the building, as much a part of it as its walls and floors.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Hit your late twenties and people felt the need to box you up, categorize you. If they couldn’t, they saw you as a threat. An indefinable.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“How do you go about unpicking someone from your life when they’re the thread tying every part of you together?”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“I know I probably sound like an idiot, unsympathetic, but I think you have a choice in this. You can be brave, choose not to let the past take over your life.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“If someone tosses you aside like you’re rubbish. No one likes that, do they? Feeling used.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“If you keep walking away every time we discuss things, there’s no point in being together, is there? If we can’t share things, there’s nothing linking us. No proper ties.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“It’s strange, she thinks, how for her, claustrophobia doesn’t only exist in spaces outside herself, but within her too. That horrible sense of being trapped inside your own body.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“It’s this place. This building. Her body is reacting to something here; something living, breathing, woven into the DNA of the building, as much a part of it as its walls and floors.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Not everyone can be like you and your family. So bloody strong. You’re lucky, that you’re all so close. It helps to have that support network, people to talk to without judgment. When you have that as a base, it’s easier to take risks, make decisions.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“People don’t change, do they? The ability to lie, deceive, it’s woven so deep, it’s impossible to pick out, remove.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“People don’t like a winner.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Pretend nothing’s happened. If we pretend hard enough it just might be true.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“She’s forgotten how easy it is to lose track of someone; the sum of their parts.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“The ego always wins. It’s a weakness in everyone, the desire to know the most, be the hero, the one to save the day.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Things are messy, there aren’t always explanations.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“This is one of those moments when there’s no going back. One of the moments when the knowledge is so powerful, it sweeps away everything else that came before.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“This place is all about façades. Covering up what really lies beneath.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“Trying to gauge him… it was like looking through water. One minute you have the perfect view, can see right to the bottom, but within seconds, the water’s shifted, and all you can see is something hazy and unclear.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“We all lie. That’s what people do. The unpalatable bits, the ugly bits, the bits that make you look bad.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
“We can’t presume anything. Not yet. Jumping to conclusions is the worst thing we can do. We have to stick to facts.”
Sarah Pearse
The Sanatorium
