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“He continued to attack the gate. His arm started to ache. The hammer was designed for neither brute nor force.
"Are you all right up there?" asked Eleanor. "Want me to go see if I can find a small child to give you a lift?"
"Maybe if we swapped positions and you condescended at the gate, we'd get through faster?”
― Gary Meehan, True Dark

“Tobryton cocked his head as he watched the commotion play put. "Didn't we send you to God out on that beach?" he said to Damon.
"He didn't want me. Next time He'd be happy with socks.”
― Gary Meehan, True Fire

“I see two options,’ said Damon. ‘Running or fleeing.’

‘They’re the same thing.’

‘Fleeing’s more ... dramatic.”
― Gary Meehan, True Fire

“Father Broose bustled forward. 'Do any of you savages speak Stathian?' An arrow whistled over his shoulder. He scuttled back to the safety of the crowd.
'Of course the border guards speak the language of the people on the other side of the border,' said Eleanor, retrieving the second arrow. 'How else are they going to tell them to sod off?”
― Gary Meehan, True Dark

“You can't communicate solely in pronouns and emphasis, you know.”
― Gary Meehan, True Fire

“Megan looked to the table. 'We're agreed then? We go through?'
'Because you said so?'
'I think you'll find that's how Megan defines agreement, father,' said Eleanor.”
― Gary Meehan, True Dark

“Everyone's tried to kill me,' said Megan. 'These days I'm taking it as a sign of affection.”
― Gary Meehan, True Dark

“No one chooses the part they play. We can but tackle what the world throws at us and try to make it a better place.”
― Gary Meehan, True Fire