duncan powell

“His diary’s empty, River. Mostly he stares at the ceiling and farts.”
― Mick Herron, Dead Lions

“More red flags than a matador convention.”
― Abigail Dean, Day One

“The meeting, as usual, is ‘exploratory’, like at the dentist when you know you’re going to end up being drilled.”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

“Her hair is a mass of little curls. Does she make the curls herself, with tongs? Unlikely: it would take hours every day. They must grow that way. He has never seen such a tessitura from close by. The veins on her ears are visible as a filigree of red and purple. The veins of her nose too. And then a chin that comes straight out of her chest, like a pouter pigeon’s. As an ensemble, remarkably unattractive.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace