3 Quotes & Sayings By Nicola Barker

Nicola Barker is an author of historical novels. Her books include the breakout international best sellers, The Girl in the Ice, The Girl in the Spider's Web, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. She is also the author of the first novel set in World War Two, The Paris Architect. She has received numerous awards for her work including recognition as one of the "Top Ten Bestselling Authors" by Publishers Weekly Read more

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The trigger has been squeezed, the deathly mechanism has been enabled, the fatal course of a bullet has been set. No amount of bleating or praying or wailing of cajoling can halt it or stall it or call it back. Nicola Barker
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You think it's all rather too "New Age" to be taken seriously, eh?'' Not at all.'' But it's an ancient discipline..'' New Age disciplines invariably are, ' Beede said, disparagingly, 'but in the modern world they lack context - we just pick them up and then toss them back down again, we consume them. They have no moral claim on us. No moral value. And without that they're rendered meaningless, fatuous, even. . Nicola Barker