Shane Boyd

“Oh, I never take offense,” says Joyce. “Such an effort.”
― Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice

“Juilin Sandar took off his clogs by the door and hung his flat, conical straw hat on a peg. A sword-breaker, much like Hurin’s but with short slots to either side of the long one, hung from a belt over his brown coat, and he carried a staff exactly as tall as he was, but not much thicker than his thumb and made of that pale wood, like ridged joints, that the ox-drivers used for their goads. His short-cut black hair lay flat on his head, and his quick, dark eyes seemed to note and record every detail of the room. And of everyone in it.”
― Robert Jordan, The Dragon Reborn

“Just as she had closed her eyes it had seemed she saw another woman, beyond the Aiel woman, watching them both. A golden-haired woman holding a silver bow.”
― Robert Jordan, The Shadow Rising

“Have you ever thought,” says Steve, “that the reason so many people die from not having enough money is that some people have too much?”
― Richard Osman, We Chase Shadows