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“His dark hair was tousled from the wind, the
kind of mess that looked accidental but somehow perfect.”
― The Dog Walker: Secrets
kind of mess that looked accidental but somehow perfect.”
― The Dog Walker: Secrets
“Snow laden trees,
streets washed clean,
the timeless hymnal
open to the sky
in the deep throated
song of winter.”
― Something Will Change Me: Poems of Soul and Spirit
streets washed clean,
the timeless hymnal
open to the sky
in the deep throated
song of winter.”
― Something Will Change Me: Poems of Soul and Spirit
“Ruth, when you go, we must flee with you. Follow me to the Salon, it will be chilly, but this is where I hid as a child when I did not want to be found; they will not find us now.”
― Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime
― Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime
“She ran down the street and round the corner and up two more streets and crossed the road. ‘Will I be safe from him?’ the girl had said. And will I be safe from Samuel? She reached her car and threw her bag on the front seat and sat holding the steering wheel. Where to go, where to run to?”
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
“Cairo. An inter-services game of cricket was in progress in the lush grounds behind him as Powell made his way through the grand portal of the Gezira Sporting Club. It was a hot and humid day and Powell was dripping with sweat. A fellow officer had given him a lift for part of the way but he had had to walk the last mile. Uniformed Egyptian attendants bowed and guided him through the lobby towards the bar, where he could see his host with a drink already in hand.”
― The French Spy
― The French Spy
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