Anthony Walton

“Traditionally, in the lexicon of pathos, such a bear should have only one eye, but as the result of a childhood error in Glenda’s sewing, he has three, and is more enlightened than the average bear.”
― Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

“Outside on the street, the rain had that diffuse quality that Paul associated with both the U.K. and British Columbia, a gentleness about it, coming from all directions at once.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel

“As well as myself, there was Paul Swinson, whose father wrote comic songs for the Parlophone label, recorded by the likes of Peter Sellers, and a tall lad whose Mod stylishness was rather spoiled by Hank Marvin-type horn-rimmed spectacles. His name was Stephen Hackett, or Steve Hackett, as he was better known later, when he became famous as a guitarist with Genesis and GTR.”
― Alan Johnson, This Boy

“All night long the Martians were hammering and stirring, sleepless, indefatigable,”
― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds