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“A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.”
― Amy Carmichael, Candles in the Dark

“The furniture looked like John Lewis – expensive, comfortable and unimaginative.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

“The pianist, Daniel Hossack, was a classically trained music teacher at Westminster School for the terminally privileged.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

“Stephanopoulos was waiting for me inside. She was a short, terrifying woman whose legendary capacity for revenge had earned her the title of the lesbian officer least likely to have a flippant remark made about her sexual orientation. She was stocky, and had a square face that wasn’t helped by a Sheena Easton flat-top that you might have called ironic postmodern dyke chic, but only if you really craved suffering.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

“A tattoo becomes a ghost you can’t escape.”
― Alison Bruce, The Moment Before Impact