LindyLouMac

“Thoughts creep in of time earlier than that, a darker night some months before, the old barrister who thought that young female pupils were his for the taking, his for the groping. I had to struggle hard, kick him harder still before I was able to break free. I stop at the place where it happened, to the left of the stairs, wiping my hands down my skirt. Nearly two decades ago but still fresh in my mind.”
― Harriet Tyce, The Lies You Told

“I don't think you ever understand your life - not till it's finished and probably not then either. The more I live the less I seem to understand.”
― Sebastian Faulks, A Possible Life: A Novel in Five Love Stories

“That's what nobody realizes. Two seconds are huge. It's the difference between something happening and something not happening. You could take one step too many and fall over the edge of a cliff. It's very dangerous.”
― Rachel Joyce, Perfect

“To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life.”
― Emma Donoghue, Haven