D Quotes

“Unfortunately, stupidity, like rust and weeds and lies and mould, tends to spread.”
― Michel Faber, D: A Tale of Two Worlds

“People were so strange and sometimes you got tired just thinking about them.”
― Michel Faber, D: A Tale of Two Worlds

“Following dragonflies didn’t qualify as a clever or well-thought-out plan of action.”
― Michel Faber, D: A Tale of Two Worlds

“Facts! Stick to the facts! That gets rid of 99 per cent of everything anyone’s ever said or written, which cuts your homework down to a nice manageable size, doesn’t it? Sniff out the truth!”
― Michel Faber, D: A Tale of Two Worlds

“The good that we do sinks into history like rainfall into the earth. The earth, being earth, cannot feel gratitude or award us with medals, but it can grow flowers, and that is our reward.”
― Michel Faber, D

“During the night, her body had come to a fine agreement with the blanket, sheets, and mattress; they’d all got on really well and found the perfect balance of natural blood-circulation and cost wrapped-upness.”
― Michel Faber, D: A Tale of Two Worlds

“The Gamp had been in charge for quite a few seasons now, and the good weather still hadn't come back, but he blamed this on the evil deeds of various people he disliked. If it wasn't for these terrible evil people, he would have brought the sun back ages ago, but wrestling with the threats of his enemies was taking up all his energy, he said. The Gamp had an army of strong and merciless men supporting him, and the population soon learned that these men could make life even more difficult than it already was. It was important to like the same people that the Gamp liked and hate the same people that the Gamp hated, if you didn't want to become one of the people the Gamp hated, which would lead to dreadful punishments.”
― Michel Faber, D

“The earth, being earth, cannot feel gratitude or award us with medals, but it can grow flowers, and that is our reward.”
― Michel Faber, D: A Tale of Two Worlds

“When you planted a dead person in the ground, there should be lots of people singing and dancing and eating nice food and telling stories while the sun beamed down.”
― Michel Faber, D: A Tale of Two Worlds

“Don’t cry, it distracts the dog.” “I can’t help it,” she replied. “Then cry,” he sighed. “But explain the historical context.”
― Michel Faber, D: A Tale of Two Worlds

“Saxansaxo', for example, meant the smell and the coolness carried on the wind from a place where it's raining to a place where it isn't.
how could one word mean something so marvellous?”
― Michel Faber, D