Huw

“He had two lives: one, open, seen and known by all who cared to know, full of relative truth and of relative falsehood, exactly like the lives of his friends and acquaintances; and another life running its course in secret. And through some strange, perhaps accidental, conjunction of circumstances, everything that was essential, of interest and of value to him, everything in which he was sincere and did not deceive himself, everything that made the kernel of his life, was hidden from other people.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904

“One did not love revolution. One embraced it with horror for the sake of the deliverance to follow.”
― Gabrielle Warnock, The Silkweaver

“Martinis as cold as a banker's handclasp and dry as a deacon's cupboard.”
― Matthew Blood

“People, by and large, weren't cruel, weren't heartless; it was simply that they couldn't believe anything could happen”
― Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Lady Killer