Mel Keegan > Quotes

“In the midst of the battle between rebellion and surrender Bantry was suddenly uncertain what Flynn was starved for. The sensuality of a man’s kiss? Or the rich, iron taste of blood?”
― Mel Keegan, Nocturne

“I love you,” Jim Hale said, husky with tender affection. “It’d be no use to tell you, I want you?” “Neither of us is in any fit condition,” Ryan remonstrated. “Tomorrow.”
― Mel Keegan, The Deceivers

“It was no place, Ryan thought, to come home to. ???”
― Mel Keegan, The Deceivers

“Doctor Moran told you to get your rest,” Jim said doubtfully. “The good doctor can go and ... attempt the anatomically impossible,” Ryan said dryly.”
― Mel Keegan, The Deceivers

“He’s also not likely to take a potshot at me in a public street,” Ryan scoffed. “Wallach has no desire to dance to a hangman’s tune, sweetheart. He’s a wrecker and a murderer, not a madman.” “I know that too.” Jim sighed, closed the bag and dropped it to the floor at his feet. “Permit me the small liberty of worrying about you. If I didn’t love you, perhaps I’d care a lot less about what became of you.”
― Mel Keegan, The Deceivers

“I’m in no doubts.” Jim seemed to mock himself with a rueful grin, and pushed up to his feet. “If we’re going out, I’d best organize some clothes.” Ryan looked him up and down with sultry eyes, half-naked as he was. “Don’t dress on my account.”                 “On yours? No. But I think we may get thrown out of the best restaurant in Scarborough if I don’t put something on.” Jim winked at him, teasing, beguiling, and stepped out of the room.”
― Mel Keegan, The Deceivers

“One day, Ryan thought bitterly as he watched the inbound steamer come lumbering up the Clyde as if it had declared war upon the ocean — one day the sky would be black with smoke and the sea just a constant din of engines. Gone forever would be the pavane of man, sail and wind, the elegant, pagan dance of wood and water, sweat and sinew. That day, Ryan would mourn.”
― Mel Keegan, The Deceivers

“Twilight was already coagulating into night.”
― Mel Keegan, The Deceivers