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Richard Osman Quotes

11 of the best book quotes from Richard Osman
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“It’s great to be the fastest runner, but not when you’re running in the wrong direction.”
Richard Osman
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The Thursday Murder Club
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Donna De Fritas
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running
wrong directions
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“In life you have to learn to count the good days. You have to tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you.”
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“If you don’t cry sometimes, you’ll end up crying all the time.”
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“That’s who we are as human beings. For the most part, we are kind.”
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″...getting out of a garden chair at our age is a military operation. Once you are in one, you can be in it for the day.”
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“Elizabeth had formed the Thursday Murder Club with Penny. Penny had been an inspector in the Kent Police for many years, and she would bring along the files of unsolved murder cases. She wasn’t really supposed to have the files, but who was to know? After a certain age, you can pretty much do whatever takes your fancy. No one tells you off, except for your doctors and your children.”
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“Also, it was a well-known fact that there were no calories in homemade cakes.”
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“Big is the same as small. There’s just more of it.”
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“The daffodils will always come up by the lake, but you won’t always be there to see them. So it goes; enjoy them while you can.”
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“Donna has always been headstrong, always acted quickly and decisively. Which is a fine quality when you are right, but a liability when you are wrong.”
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“Like any modern woman, I am any number of things, as and when the need arises. We have to be chameleons, don’t we?”

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