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‘Best let your mother do that, eh?’ ‘It’s only putting the kettle on, Dad.’ His father darted a look towards the kitchen doorway, and stuffed his hands deep in his pockets, perhaps to demonstrate that he was in no way complicit in the
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“Work? Scribbling and mucking around on a stage is hardly in the same league as collecting night soil or fishing bodies out of the river.” “Great art is the mark of civilization.” “I thought that was a working sewerage system and clean drinking water but have it your way.”
― From Hell's Heart
― From Hell's Heart
“Did stress bring on early labour? Tara wasn’t sure. She knew that sex and curry apparently did. In the case of her cousin Cheryl, they’d also played a fairly big role in conception.”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
“I’m not saying I wouldn’t like to see proof of your possession of the full picnic’s worth of sandwiches, but I’m in a weakened enough state to take your word for it.”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
“It’s like how you could go through your whole life and never meet an unsuccessful parachutist. That didn’t mean they didn’t exist. They did, but only for as long as it took gravity to prove an emphatic point from ten thousand feet.”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
“Bonner smiled. “Are you going to tell me next how when you were a kid you only got an orange for Christmas, Sarge?” O’Keefe took a sip on his coffee to hide a smile. “Cheeky bitch, I’m not that old.” “Or that fond of fruit.”
― Bloody Christmas
― Bloody Christmas
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