Cinda Diffley

“to believe there’s so many dogs that all look the same.’ Nancy smiled to herself. Red Dog was everybody’s dog now,”
― Louis de Bernières, Red Dog

“Here is a boy who was waiting to be punished. But then, unexpectedly, he finds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the world reappears in brilliant colors, full of delightful prospects. Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle. But suddenly the luck has changed. There is news! The war is over and everyone bursts out singing! He will go home after all!”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

“You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes.”
― Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations

“I hear there are now Knightsbridge clinics offering semicolonic irrigation – but for many it may be too late.”
― Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation