

“She's so small, yet she contains so much evil.”
― Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
― Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
“She wore people down like waves wore down stone.
Consistent. Patient. Relentless. Merciless.
”
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
Consistent. Patient. Relentless. Merciless.
”
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel

“The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to
converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn.”
―
converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn.”
―

“Well, you know, I've been in so many writing workshops, writing classes, and to the right of me and to the left of me, there's always somebody much more talented than I am. And what I figured out is they're not willing to go through the rejection, which is enormous, and then the compromise that comes with, you know, editing your work. And so I decided a long time ago that I didn't have to be 'talented'; I just had to be persistent, and that that was something I could control. The persistence.”
―
―

“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.”
― The French Spy
― The French Spy
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