“He frowned and tutted as he swabbed the vomit from the man’s robes, and transferred his irritation to Pelagia’s goat, which had entered the room and leapt up onto the table. ‘Stupid brute,’ he shouted at it, and it looked at him impudently with its slotted eyes, as if to say, ‘I, at least, am not drunk. I am merely mischievous.”
― Corelli's Mandolin
― Corelli's Mandolin
“It Is Our Duty To Remember”
― Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
― Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts. Who”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“Strange how things turn out. Two birds, one stone and all that.' McBlane chuckled at his own impromptu joke. 'But things have worked out for the best and now we all get to work together,' he said, and a smile spread across his face as easy as a politician's lie.”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree
“He will also make use of what he learns as the months or years of the war strengthen his revolutionary convictions, making him more radical as the potency of arms is demonstrated, as the outlook of the inhabitants becomes a part of his spirit and of his own life, and as he understands the justice and the vital necessity of a series of changes, of which the theoretical importance appeared to him before, but devoid of practical urgency.”
― Guerrilla Warfare
― Guerrilla Warfare
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