“She hurries out of the hammering rain into the puddled shelter of St Pancras. As arranged, he's waiting outside WH Smith, and her heart jerks like a bad dog on a lead.”
― A Particular Man
― A Particular Man
“…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.”
― Angels & Demons
― Angels & Demons
“I watched her undress with moonlight shivering across the room from behind sheer curtains that moved with the currents from the hearth fire.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow
“So there are two you's, the one you create by loving and the one the beloved creates by loving you. The farther those two you's are apart the more the world grinds and grudges on its axis. But if you loved and were loved perfectly then there wouldn't be any difference between the two you's or any distance between them. They would coincide perfectly, there would be perfect focus, as when a stereoscope gets the twin images on the card into perfect alignment.”
― All the King's Men
― All the King's Men
“Harriet never minded admitting when she didn't know something. 'So what,' she thought, 'I can always learn.”
― Harriet the Spy
― Harriet the Spy
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