Keith Hudson

“They thought you could see life through books but you couldn’t, the reason being that the words got in the way.”
― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

“Then he returned to his room and switched on the evening news. The world was doing poorly;”
― Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist

“Kate Webster had ensured her place in the murderers’ hall of fame by attacking her mistress with the axe, hacking the corpse to pieces, and boiling down the remains in the copper, removing the bones. Most grisly of all was the fate of the fat. Webster had scooped the fat from the copper and sold it around the neighbourhood as dripping. One street urchin even claimed Webster had offered him a bowl”
― Catharine Arnold, Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City

“The past had no hold on him. Perhaps that’s why his vision of the future was so strong. Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly? You”
― Diane Setterfield, Bellman & Black