Paul Perry

“Athena watches from the shore. Artemis prowls in the forest. And in the belly of the earth, the Furies are stirring.”
― Claire North, Ithaca

“Scared is how you see the spear coming for your eye. Scared is how you choose where and when to strike.”
― Claire North, Ithaca

“He's a whole new species. He's audacious. He's resourceful. He's ingenious. He's cool. He's bad. He's scary. He's got a two-foot cock.

Aye, very good.

He's a wanker, that's what he is.

All terrorists are wankers. Whatever flags they wrapped themselves in, whatever religions, histories or myths they attached to their crusades, they were to a man, just wankers. They told themselves and anyone bored enough to listen that they were in it for the glory of their cause or the welfare of their 'people' (few of whom were ever consulted about this), but the truth was they were in it because they liked killing people. Every last fucking one of them.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away

“Are you conspiring, little duck?"
"When one has neither gold, soldiers, name nor honour, what else is a woman to do?”
― Claire North, Ithaca