Paul Ataua

“although it was easier to believe in the devil than it was in God. The devil was everywhere, whereas God was, clearly, nowhere to be found.”
― Kate Atkinson, Death at the Sign of the Rook

“The blunt, unceasing continuity of things baffled him, affronted him. It was a scandal, the entire indifferent business of being alive.”
― John Banville, The Drowned

“Despite his limited experience of them, women, he believed, were in general more alert than men, more keenly receptive of the tiny signals the world sends streaming out endlessly. It made sense, since they were more vulnerable and therefore had to be always on their guard. The same as children, only children were more trusting.”
― John Banville, The Drowned

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.”
― Kevin Kwan, Lies and Weddings