Jack Devlin

“Cairo. An inter-services game of cricket was in progress in the lush grounds behind him as Powell made his way through the grand portal of the Gezira Sporting Club. It was a hot and humid day and Powell was dripping with sweat. A fellow officer had given him a lift for part of the way but he had had to walk the last mile. Uniformed Egyptian attendants bowed and guided him through the lobby towards the bar, where he could see his host with a drink already in hand.”
― Mark Ellis, The French Spy

“Clarity of purpose often comes from wandering through mistakes”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

“It’s called a hug, Pel said. People beyond the Mists, people who love each other, hug all the time. It’s like sharing thoughts, only with your arms.”
― Patricia Mather Parker, The Abode

“Sharon maintains men - present company (i.e. Tom) excepted, obviously - are so catastrophically unevolved that soon they will just be kept by women as pets for sex, therefore presumably these will not count as shared households as the men will be kept outside in kennels.”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones Diary