The Long View Quotes

“The rain came heavily now, suddenly, falling in grey sheets, thundering around her, blackening the hungry soil. It pooled in the empty eye socket of a crow, spilling like tears, bright on dull feathers. A rasping voice called her name again. Sophie screamed and ran back to the safety of her house.”
― Mark Hurst, The Long View

“Sophie felt herself drop, whether into sleep or something else she wasn’t sure. The tree trunk swam in front of her eyes, the bark splitting open like a diseased scab, weeping pus over its gnarled edges which ran to the floor in sickly yellow rivers. Darkness blossomed within the broken bark, a throbbing darkness, expanding and contracting like a heartbeat. Hot breath seemed to pant in her ear.”
― Mark Hurst, The Long View