John Barron

“Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our fate is to face the world as orphans, chasing through long years the shadows of vanished parents. There is nothing for it but to try and see through our missions to the end, as best we can, for until we do so, we will be permitted no calm.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans

“I was upset. But I'm not any more. You have to look forward in life.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans

“there was precious little justice to be found in this world, and anything I could do to further its ends was probably a good thing.”
― Abir Mukherjee, A Necessary Evil

“What we give cannot be taken from us.”
― Anne Michaels, Held