“Her name wasn’t Jane. Not legally. But she wore it now like a uniform: plain, practical, invisible.”
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
“Dogs know we need to give affection as much as they need to receive it. They were the first therapists; they've been in practice for thousands of years.”
― Odd Hours
― Odd Hours
“No, Rhodes. Everything is not okay. You know the lake just north of the university?”
“Yeah, it’s all dried up now. Does that every summer.”
“Well, there’s a dead body in the middle of it. You need to call the police and tell them to get out here, now.”
― Uncanny Alliance
“Yeah, it’s all dried up now. Does that every summer.”
“Well, there’s a dead body in the middle of it. You need to call the police and tell them to get out here, now.”
― Uncanny Alliance
“Bollocks to the rules!”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“Padre Crittle: … While resting on the side of the road I saw Amah Singh, one of the oldest Sikh inhabitants of Kamaing. He was walking very slowly with the aid of a bamboo. When he saw me he stopped and begged for something to eat. “Only half a biscuit, Sahib, only half a biscuit.” I am sure that he did not believe me when I told him I hadn’t got half a biscuit in the world …”
― EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORIES OF SURVIVAL IN BURMA WW2: tens of thousands fled to India from the Japanese Invasion in 1942
― EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORIES OF SURVIVAL IN BURMA WW2: tens of thousands fled to India from the Japanese Invasion in 1942
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