“Nobody who had not lived there would ever understand that London was a country unto itself. They might resent it for the fact that it held more power and money than any other British city, but they could not understand that poverty carried its own flavour there, where everything cost more, where the relentless distinctions between those who had succeeded and those who had not were constantly, painfully visible.”
― Career of Evil
― Career of Evil
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“Niedługo kupię dużo książek i będę je czytać. Wieczorami pójdę sobie do kina, a nocami będę słuchał deszczu spadającego na miasto. I tak będzie aż do wiosny. I aż do wiosny nie będę do nikogo mówił o miłości.”
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“No milk, gone out for breakfast, then to Hamleys, want to beat crowds. PS Know who killed Quine.”
― The Silkworm
― The Silkworm
“Why does a father have to protect his son?” I thought for a moment before answering. “Look,” I said as I stroked his cheek, “the world we live in can sometimes be very tough. And it’s only fair that everyone who’s born into it should have at least one person who’ll be there to protect him.”
― The Seven Good Years
― The Seven Good Years
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