Chris Simms > Quotes

“The quad bike bounced across the moors, headlight catching coarse blades of grass before rearing up into the infinity of the night sky. Like a rider struggling with an unbroken horse, the woman fought to control the vehicle. But rather than slow down, she kept the revs high, her knees flexed in readiness for the next jarring bump.”
― Chris Simms, Savage Moon

“before muttering something to the”
― Chris Simms, Savage Moon

“ '... the cracked mind of the schizophrenic may let in light which does not enter the intact minds of many sane people...' R. D. Laing, 1927–1989”
― Chris Simms, Killing the Beasts

“Would you like to come inside for a cup of tea?’ Laura asked. ‘I think we all deserve one.”
― Chris Simms, Sing Me To Sleep

“society’s changing, but what you actually mean is that your experience of society’s changing. I’d say that, on the whole, the age-old prejudices are just as alive and healthy as ever.’ He thought about”
― Chris Simms, Shifting Skin

“Those living at the top of the pile, not the bottom: the aristocracy, the establishment, the elite, whatever you want to call it.’ He pictured the huddles of senior officers, the judges, the politicians. Old, white, married and male. ‘I’m talking about people who’ve had the best educations money can buy. It’s that lot who are most against change. The system suits them just fine. After all, it was created by them, their fathers and their”
― Chris Simms, Shifting Skin

“the next jarring bump. Way off to her right the undulating red light that topped the radio mast disappeared behind a rise in the land. Finally she dropped her”
― Chris Simms, Savage Moon

“She hooked her nail into what must have been stitching and tried to drag it forward. But something prevented it from moving.”
― Chris Simms, Sing Me To Sleep