peggy hill

“and while I know now how crazy that sounds, finding your life unraveling like that makes you feel pretty desperate to weave it into something beautiful and whole before it disappears altogether and leaves you with nothing.”
― Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

“Actually, the unfortunate side effect of being twins is that there are minute differences, and Oliver got the short end of the stick with every minute difference. He’s an inch shorter than Marshall, his eyes are just a tad less intense than Marshall’s, his chin a touch weaker. Back in high school, people used to call Oliver “Discount Marshall.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

“By treating himself badly, he had accused the people around him.”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

“Reynolds looked at his notes. ‘He says you told him you’d break his bloody legs if he didn’t pay you.’ ‘Yur,’ said Haddon defiantly. ‘And I still will.’ ‘I’m sure you could find a better way to resolve the dispute, Mr Haddon,’ said Reynolds sharply. ‘Maybe better. Not faster.’ ‘You do know that we could arrest you right now for making threats, don’t you?’ Haddon simply gave Reynolds a baleful stare. ‘And you do know that Mr Took’s daughter is missing?’ ‘Well,’ said Haddon, looking a little uncertain for the first time, ‘I’d wait until she were back, like.”
― Belinda Bauer, Finders Keepers