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“It was a pink sort of smell- a smell that seemed to get bigger as you smelled it and then burst, just like the popping of a bubble”
― Alexander McCall Smith, Explosive Adventures

“Pah!' said Sam. 'What good is there in feeling happy one day if you go back to how you were the next?'
'What harm is there?' said the giant.”
― Chris Priestley

“For nothing is deader than a body that once had life and has it no more.”
― Chris Priestley, The Last of the Spirits

“It was a job that suited Stinger perfectly, as he was always happy when snarling, and snarling at sharks is as snarly a job as anyone can imagine. Of course it was possible that one day he might meet a shark who wasn't frightened of him, but then that's another story, and no job can be perfect in all respects.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, Explosive Adventures