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“The only way to do all the things you'd like to do is to read”
― Tom Clancy

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
― Tom Clancy

“Beware the fury of a patient man”
― Tom Clancy

“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

“One Persons Kink is another's Dream Come True”
― Joseph Mcnamara

“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”
― Mickey Spillane

“Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.”
― Mickey Spillane

“We're only together because we don't think about it too much? I'm gratified and flattered by your devotion."
Ben sighed. "When was the last time you thought about breathing?"
"What?"
"Breathing? Lungs in and out? Air? When did you last think about it? You're like breathing. I don't think about it, but I need it to stay alive."
A faint smile came to Nikolas's lips. "Then you're like a heartbeat. I'll miss you when you stop.”
― John Wiltshire, This Other Country

“Why should I change to suit other people’s inadequacy?”
― John Wiltshire, The Bridge of Silver Wings

“If this is love for you, then you are in love with a ghost, with the illusion of a man. Is that enough for you?"
"Would you let me have that? If you do, then I will find the man. I'll breathe life back into the ghost.”
― John Wiltshire, Love is a Stranger

“I don’t think you’re entirely understanding how this boyfriend thing works, Ben. Denying me in the shower, it’s very hurtful.” “You do realise I can actually hear the air quotes when you say boyfriend.”
― John Wiltshire, The Bridge of Silver Wings

“Good things can come from bad beginnings.”
― John Wiltshire, Love is a Stranger

“What is the biggest threat to your—our—national identity, Benjamin?"
"Britain’s Got Talent?”
― John Wiltshire, Love is a Stranger

“Who needed rings to bind you unto death when you had scars and stitches, bruises and blood?”
― John Wiltshire, Conscious Decisions of the Heart

“But Radulf had always proved very discreet in his observations about Ben’s sex life, so he trusted the dog not to comment to anyone on his sartorial dilemmas either.”
― John Wiltshire, Love is a Stranger

“Be careful, Benjamin. I would hate to have to work on a eulogy to read at your funeral."
"Shit, just say I was a dumb bastard with weird taste in men and leave it at that."
Nik nodded seriously. "That would work.”
― John Wiltshire, Love is a Stranger

“Go shower. I’ll do penance and take Radulf out."

Ben ruffled his hair. "It’s very cold. Not too long, yeah?"

"For God’s sake, I survived a Siberian gulag."

"I was talking about the dog.”
― John Wiltshire, Conscious Decisions of the Heart

“Not at all, it’s almost holy. Didn’t God create man with free will and then spend the rest of his time pretending to mitigate that first great mistake, just to justify his existence?”
― John Wiltshire, The Bridge of Silver Wings

“Do you know, of all the dumb things you’ve ever said over all the years I’ve known you, and trust me, you have said more than your fair share, that is the most dumbest thing I’ve ever heard you utter.”
“Most dumbest is ungrammatical. Miles Toogood would be turning in his grave if he were dead.”
“I rest my case.”
― John Wiltshire, The Bruise-Black Sky

“If Ben hadn't known better, he'd have said the dog was knowingly working the case with them he was so convincing.”
― John Wiltshire, Love is a Stranger

“He noted anxiously they were entering a church but was extremely relieved to discover Nikolas could step over the threshold without combusting.”
― John Wiltshire, The Bridge of Silver Wings

“Why are we doing it? We could both do other things."
"Oh, this will be interesting."
"You could...crap, I don't know. Be a translator! There you go."
"This is true. You could be a dog walker."
"Thanks. You could run a riding stable."
"Death first. You could be a model." Ben smiled. "Aftershave?"
Nikolas raised an eyebrow. "I was hoping for underwear.”
― John Wiltshire, Love is a Stranger

“Dead men can't be resurrected, no matter how much life you have running through your veins.”
― John Wiltshire, Love is a Stranger

“Everyone was standing up. He stood too. Chairs were being moved into a circle. Nikolas slumped like a great weight descending upon him. He’d never experienced anything good coming out of a circle of chairs.”
― John Wiltshire, This Other Country

“By the way, Benjamin, I prefer it when you say fuck me rather than fuck off.”
― John Wiltshire

“There was one moment when it could have gone either way. Nikolas's heart told him one thing, but his cock another, and it was the cock that won, his cock made the right decision.”
― John Wiltshire, Conscious Decisions of the Heart

“And he sayeth, ‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. None who are guilty of homosexual perversion will possess the kingdom of heaven.’ You wanna go to heaven, son?” “Are you planning on being there?” He heard a snort from Lucas, and Jackson suddenly snapped, “Get back in your fricking pulpit, old man. You’re eating his meat and sleeping safe ’cause of him.”
― John Wiltshire, The Bridge of Silver Wings

“Life was having someone alongside you in every single manoeuvre, every fall, every painful rise again, and knowing that, win or lose, the war was never fought alone.”
― John Wiltshire, Enduring Night

“You are not alone, Nikolas. Never. I’m right here with you, if this is how it has to be. I will kill the whole fucking world for you, if that is what you need.”
― John Wiltshire, Death's Ink-Black Shadow

“Disbelievingly, Ben saw that they were canopied by a mass of stars, the Milky Way spiralling above them in the clear summer sky. Nikolas was kissing slowly around Ben’s ear and down his neck in time to their slow steps.
In all the years he’d known Nikolas and all the things they’d done together, Ben wondered if this moment was the one he’d remember at the final count of days. It was an occasion for declarations of something, proposals perhaps…A time to say...”
― John Wiltshire, The Bruise-Black Sky