Earth, Air, Fire and Custard Quotes

“During the short time they’d lived together, they’d had rather a lot of serious talks, and the format had always been the same. She’d start with a speech-cum-lecture-cum-list-of-charges and he’d sit still and be quiet, trying not to let his attention wander; then there’d be an awkward silence, and then she’d start talking again, usually saying the same things but in a slightly different order. The cycle would repeat itself (rarely more than five times), and at the end either she’d burst into tears and stomp out of the room, lose her temper and stomp out of the room or sit on his lap and start nibbling his ear.”
― Tom Holt, Earth, Air, Fire and Custard

“He could hear her thinking, down the other end of the telephone line.”
― Tom Holt, Earth, Air, Fire and Custard

“Her balled fist”
― Tom Holt, Earth, Air, Fire and Custard

“balled fist swung through the patch of air he’d just vacated. ‘You rotten, callous, thoughtless, self-centred shit,’ she snarled. ‘And hold still while I’m hitting you. You can do your shoulder in, hitting hard into empty air.”
― Tom Holt, Earth, Air, Fire and Custard

“this was a situation he’d have preferred to face without having to think his way through all that beer.”
― Tom Holt, Earth, Air, Fire and Custard