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“No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves, don’t we?”
It’s a wholly illogical but nonetheless powerful belief that things will change for the better in a new place; that the urge to self-destruct will magically disappear.
“Wandering’s the most addictive drug there is, I think, and every hidden road leads on to a dozen more.”
“My Da’ and Cuthbert’s Da’ used to have a rule between em: first the smiles, then the lies. Last comes gunfire.”
“Graves come later.” Roland looked up at the sky, but the clouds had advanced out of the west and stolen the stars. “Just remember, it’s the winners who dig them.”

