City of Scars Quotes

“From there, things had become desperate. She’d announced that she was too sick to be interviewed, before ramming her fingers down her throat in an attempt to make herself vomit. She’d claimed Diplomatic Immunity and then, in the very next breath, and for reasons not immediately clear, denied being a Russian spy. For a while, she had just broken down into tears, sobbing inconsolably in the corridor”
― J.D. Kirk, City of Scars

“From there, things had become desperate. She’d announced that she was too sick to be interviewed, before ramming her fingers down her throat in an attempt to make herself vomit. She’d claimed Diplomatic Immunity and then, in the very next breath, and for reasons not immediately clear, denied being a Russian spy. For a while, she had just broken down into tears, sobbing inconsolably in the corridor outside the interview room, insisting her legs were too shaky for her to take another step.”
― J.D. Kirk, City of Scars

“red pudding.”
― J.D. Kirk, City of Scars

“Benevolent prejudice,” repeated the DS. “It’s where you’re racist but, like, in a positive way. Like, handing out food to black people because you think they’re all poor. Or, I don’t know, assuming Asians are all great at maths.”
― J.D. Kirk, City of Scars

“the interview”
― J.D. Kirk, City of Scars

“mugshot earlier. Meant to print it off. Losing focus today. One sec.” She sat at her desk and”
― J.D. Kirk, City of Scars

“explaining”
― J.D. Kirk, City of Scars