Piers

“People who spent the war in prison camps have written a lot of books about what a bad time they had,’ she said quietly, staring into the embers. ‘They don’t know what it was like, not being in a camp.”
― Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice

“Could she manage the ironmonger’s, organise the quiz and chips, be the photographer for Ollie’s charity calendar and commit to a whole week of festival busyness in July”
― Cressida McLaughlin, From Cornwall with Love: escapist and romantic holiday reading, perfect for Summer 2023 (The Cornish Cream Tea series)

“Powerful nations will have their way with the weak. They will see that their own interests are served. No doubt life would be better if both nations and people were guided by principle rather than by self-interest but … it is not the case. It is foolish to pretend otherwise.”
― J.G. Farrellell , The Singapore Grip

“Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, shifting with the movement of the clouds. Now and then the light will fall on a particular point in time, illuminating it for a moment before the wind seals up the gap, and the world is in shadows again.”
― Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists