What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this --... - Tana French, In the Woods

"I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect."

"What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie."

"People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market. But the problem is that it's all backwards. It's not that you do the right thing and hope it pays off; the morally right thing is by definition the thing that gives the biggest payoff."

"I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect."