

“She hurries out of the hammering rain into the puddled shelter of St Pancras. As arranged, he's waiting outside WH Smith, and her heart jerks like a bad dog on a lead.”
― A Particular Man
― A Particular Man

“…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.”
― Angels & Demons
― Angels & Demons

“Gertrude, behind her, again had just one... That one little feather she had as a starter. But now that's enough, because now she is smarter.”
― Yertle the Turtle and other Stories-Bartholomew and the Oobleck
― Yertle the Turtle and other Stories-Bartholomew and the Oobleck

“It's only in my head, the madness. And there's no way of knowing if all this is going on in everyone else's head too without exposing myself, and I'd rather be insane and on the loose than locked up in a hospital.”
― Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes
― Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes

“So there are two you's, the one you create by loving and the one the beloved creates by loving you. The farther those two you's are apart the more the world grinds and grudges on its axis. But if you loved and were loved perfectly then there wouldn't be any difference between the two you's or any distance between them. They would coincide perfectly, there would be perfect focus, as when a stereoscope gets the twin images on the card into perfect alignment.”
― All the King's Men
― All the King's Men
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