The Lonely Ghost Quotes

“Sharshua would wander wherever she may for it was not she who guided her steps, nor luminous markers, but the weary thoughts of a troubled soul that shadowed her path, a presence from another space. A memory given substance, an essence seeking purpose. One of many in the lonely walks of this world she felt sure. She could not give them names, for they were too numerous, but she knew what they were.

Ghosts. (Chapter 3)”
― Martyn X Brown, The Lonely Ghost

“He was the smallest boy not only in the dorm but the whole academy and endeavoured to compensate for this by two means. Firstly eating a lot of pudding to build up his strength and fend off oppression, and secondly by attempting ingenuity to impress others, thereby making himself indispensable. Neither of course worked. (Chapter 1)”
― Martyn X Brown, The Lonely Ghost

“We will not be replacing Miss Strife,' Miss Plazenby observed, gazing at names, subjects and points where there might be an occasional overlap or redundancy. 'Our games mistress is quite capable of directing the ferocity of this year's intake into the relevant channels. I am thinking more of the higher orders of philosophic thought, the play of words, the bedevilment of the mind through cunning argument. I fear there will be a greater need for that this coming year.'

'I do not think we have ever secured the services of insurance sellers in any of our first year modules before. Have you a particular company in mind?'

'Though fending off the wiles of advertising and small-printology is a useful skill,' Miss Plazenby admitted, 'I was thinking more along the lines of subtlety.'

'The smiling backstabber?'

'Yes. Exactly that. Our girls need to understand that here in Frangea there are people who will say one thing, mean another and then do a third, all in the most pleasant way possible, as if it were a favour.'

'That sounds a little like Sophistic Methodology,' her assistant said, trying to raise an eyebrow while frowning at the same time and finding it beyond her face scrunching skills. (Chapter 6)”
― Martyn X Brown, The Lonely Ghost

“There were many centres of excellence catering to machine-minded individuals intent on replacing organic life with organised lifelessness. Some had academic tentacles entwined around business opportunities and the advancement of science through the threat of funding cuts, whereas there were others merely intent on pushing the boundaries of the acceptable by means of carefully selected victims. These particular experiments were popular on certain on-grid reality shows for once the boundary had been pushed far enough it kind of snapped back into a new shape that became the norm. Only when it broke altogether was there a backlash that left a stinging sensation on the surface of reasonable minds. (Chapter 8)”
― Martyn X Brown, The Lonely Ghost

“There was a flutter of wings and the captive bird shot into the air with a coo of delight, happy to be free, though not perhaps quite sure what being happy or free actually meant. (Chapter 2)”
― Martyn X Brown, The Lonely Ghost