C.J. Tudor Books & Quotes

“Real friends are there no matter what. Real friends are people you love and hate in equal measure but who are as much a part of you as yourself.”

Friendship Friends Friend

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“You’re not protecting me when you keep stuff from me, you’re just worrying me.”

Inspirational Honesty The Burning Girls

Book:The Burning Girls

Source: The Burning Girls

“For who are we if not the sum of our experiences, the things that we gather and collect in life? Once you strip those away, we become just a mass of flesh, bone, and blood vessels.”

Life Soul Death Dying Existential

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“The thing you have to understand is that being a good person isn’t about singing hymns, or praying to some mystical, god. It isn’t about wearing a cross or going to church every Sunday. Being a good person is about how you treat others. A good person doesn’t need a religion, because they are content within themselves that they are doing the right thing.”

Religion Spirituality Goodness

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“But that’s not entirely. My life has been defined by the things I didn’t do. The things I didn’t say think it’s the same for a lot of people. What shapes us is not always our achievements but our omissions. Not lies: simply the truths we don’t sell.”

Life Truth Lies

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“Being an adult is only an illusion. When it comes down to it, I’m not sure any of us ever really grow up.”

Growing Up Adulthood Adult

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“Death was final and absolute and there was nothing anyone could do to change it.”

Death Dying Funeral

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“Ideas, when you're a kid, are a bit like seeds scattered in the wind. Some don't make it; they get carried away on the breeze, forgotten about and never mentioned again. Others take root. They dig their way down, they grow and they spread.”

Ideas Childhood

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“Wise man. Kids from the moment they’re born, they fill your heart with love…and terror. Especially little girls. You want to protect them from everything. And they you can’t, you feel like you’ve failed as a father. You’ve saved yourself a lot of pain by not having children.”

Father Daughter Fatherhood Fathers Daughters Father And Daughter

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“Nunca voltes atrás. É o que nos estão sempre a dizer. As coisas terão mudado. Não serão como te recordas. Deixa o passado no passado. É claro que esta última é mais fácil de dizer que de fazer. O passado tem o hábito de se repetir em nós.”

Thriller Portugal 2019 Editorial Planeta Levaram Annie Thorne Cjtudor

Book:La Disparition d'Annie Thorne

Source: La Disparition d'Annie Thorne

“...confessing one truth can be a good way to deflect from others. [the Rev. Jack Brooks]”

Truth Confession Deflection

Book:The Burning Girls

Source: The Burning Girls

“That’s the problem with social media. It’s not designed for negatives. It’s all about people showing their best side. Posing with filters, creating some sort of fake perfect life. But what do you do when life isn’t perfect? When everything feels shit. When you feel like you’re sinking into a deep black hole and you can’t crawl your way out. LOFL”

Quotes The Burning Girls

Book:The Burning Girls

Source: The Burning Girls

“We all have our hiding places. Not just physical ones. Places deep inside where we put away the things we don't want others to see. The less palatable parts. Our St. Peter's box, I call it, The one we pray he won't find when we're trying to sneak in through the pearly gates.”

The Burning Girls

Book:The Burning Girls

Source: The Burning Girls

“Belie should be a conscious choice, not something you're brainwashed into when you're too young to understand or question it. Faith isn't something you pass down like an heirloom. It's not tangible or absolute. Not even for a priest. It's something you have to keep working at, like marriage or children.”

The Burning Girls

Book:The Burning Girls

Source: The Burning Girls

“Belief should be a conscious choice, not something you're brainwashed into when you're too young to understand or question it. Faith isn't something you pass down like an heirloom. It's not tangible or absolute. Not even for a priest. It's something you have to keep working at, like marriage or children.”

The Burning Girls

Book:The Burning Girls

Source: The Burning Girls

“„Właśnie o to chodzi, Ed. Musisz zrozumieć, że bycie dobrym człowiekiem nie polega na śpiewaniu hymnów czy modleniu się do jakiegoś mitycznego bóstwa. Nie chodzi o noszenie krzyżyka i chodzenie co niedziela do kościoła, ale o to, jak traktujesz innych ludzi. Dobry człowiek nie potrzebuje religii, bo wystarczy mu przekonanie, że postępuje właściwie.”

Thriller Bóg Kryminał Sensacja Kontrowersja

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“Wydaje nam się, że chcemy poznać prawdę, ale w rzeczywistości interesuje nas tylko ta jej wersja, która nam pasuje. Taka już ludzka natura. Zadajemy pytania i mamy nadzieję, że usłyszymy odpowiedzi, które chcemy usłyszeć. Problem w tym, że prawdy nie można sobie wybrać. Prawda ma to do siebie, że po prostu jest. Można jedynie dokonać wyboru, czy w nią uwierzyć, czy nie.” — Kredziarz, C.J. Tudor”

Thriller Prawda Kryminał Sensacja Ludzka Natura

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“„Wydaje nam się, że chcemy poznać prawdę, ale w rzeczywistości gra nas tylko ta jej wersja, która nam pasuje. Taka już ludzka natura. Zadajemy pytania i mamy nadzieję, że usłyszymy odpowiedzi, które otrzymaliśmy. Problem w tym, że prawdy nie można sobie wybrać. Prawda ma to do siebie, że po prostu jest. Można ewentualnie dokonać wyboru, czy można to zrobić, czy nie.”

Thriller Prawda Kryminał Sensacja Ludzka Natura

Book:The Chalk Man

Source: The Chalk Man

“Flo isn’t really a huge fan of social media. She doesn’t like how everyone pretends they have an amazing life or how they filter their faces a zillion times so they don’t even look human. It’s all false and fake”

Reality Quote Social Media The Burning Girls

Book:The Burning Girls

Source: The Burning Girls

C.J. Tudor Books

The Chalk Man

The Burning Girls

La Disparition d'Annie Thorne

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