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Tana French is an Irish crime novel author known for her distinctive narrative style and deep psychological insights. Her works, often set in Dublin, blend elements of suspense, crime, and psychological analysis, and have gained widespread popularity among readers.

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“Here's a little tip for you. If you don't like being called a murderer, don't kill people.”

People Ifs Littles Murderer

Author:Tana French

“A bore or an uggo might manage not to get up anyone's nose, but if a girl's got brains and looks and personality, she's going to piss someone off, somewhere along the way.”

Ifs Way Looks Might Girl Brain Personality Manage Get Up Noses Bores

Book:Faithful Place: Dublin Murder Squad: 3

Source: Faithful Place: Dublin Murder Squad: 3

“For a moment, I felt as if the universe had turned upside down and we were falling softly into an enormous black bowl of stars, and I knew, beyond any doubt, that everything was going to be alright.”

Ifs Moments Fall Universe Stars Felt Black Doubt Down And Enormous Bowls Alright Upside Down

Author:Tana French

“Being easily freaked out comes with its own special skill set: you develop subtle tricks to work around it, make sure people don't notice. Pretty soon, if you're a fast learner, you can get through the day looking almost exactly like a normal human being.”

People Ifs Humans Human Beings Special Skills Normal Tricks Subtle Learners

Book:The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2

Source: The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2

“Our entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their décor, their clothes, everything – taking it for granted that that’s the whole point of life. Never to be satisfied. If you are perfectly happy with what you got, especially if what you got isn’t even all the spectacular then you’re dangerous. You’re breaking all the rules. You’re undermining the sacred economy. You’re challenging every assumption that society is built on.”

People Ifs Whole Home Body Challenges Economy Dangerous Clothes Built Sacred Satisfied Granted Assumption Spectacular Discontent Dissatisfied Undermining Wanting More

Author:Tana French

“Time works so hard for us, if only we can let it.”

Ifs Hard

Author:Tana French

“I don't do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you're already halfway down.”

Ifs Thinking Kind Fall Energy Hurt Negativity Halfway

Author:Tana French

“It took my breath away, that evening. If you've ever dreamed that you walked into your best-loved book or film or TV program, then maybe you've got some idea how it felt: things coming alive around you, strange and new and utterly familiar at the same time; the catch in your heartbeat as you move through the rooms that had such a vivid untouchable life in your mind, as your feet actually touch the carpet, as you breathe the air; the odd, secret glow of warmth as these people you've been watching for so long, from so far away, open their circle and sweep you into it.”

People Ifs Mind Long Book Ideas Film Moving Felt Rooms Secret Alive Air Feet Strange Tvs Program Breaths Breathe Circles Familiar Evening Odd Warmth Far Away Carpet Vivid Heartbeat Untouchables

Author:Tana French

“Don't get discouraged if you're hammering away at a sentence or a paragraph or a chapter, and it keeps coming out wrong. You're allowed to get it wrong, as many times as you need to; you only need to get it right once.”

Ifs Needs Sentences Coming Out Chapters Discouraged Paragraph

Author:Tana French

“If you rewrite a paragraph fifty times and forty-nine of them are terrible, that's fine; you only need to get it right once.”

Ifs Needs Fine Terrible Nine Fifty Forty Paragraph

Author:Tana French

“With acting, you have to depend on somebody else to decide if you are allowed to work. You can spend weeks and months when you are not acting at all.”

Ifs Acting Week Months Depends

Author:Tana French

“If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.”

Ifs Way Needs Writing Mind Stills Character Shows Views Scene Disagree Justified

Author:Tana French

“When I was acting, I got trained in creating a character as a three-dimensional person. If you're doing it right you should be able to draw an audience into the character's world and make them feel their fears.”

Ifs World Feels Should Persons Character Able Three Acting Audience Creating Draws

Author:Tana French

About the Author

Born: 1973
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 158

Books & Sources

In the WoodsRelated source material

The Secret PlaceRelated source material

Broken HarbourRelated source material

The LikenessRelated source material

Faithful PlaceRelated source material

The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2Related source material

The Witch ElmRelated source material

Broken Harbour: Dublin Murder Squad: 4. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction Book of the YearRelated source material

Faithful Place: Dublin Murder Squad: 3Related source material

The SearcherRelated source material

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