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“This big ol’ world and we only get to go through it once. The saddest thing there is, you ask me.”
“Because she’d changed his life in one moment, by caring, just a little, about someone nobody else at that school gave a damn about.”
― The Only Purple House in Town
― The Only Purple House in Town
“The thing you must remember is to enjoy the ride.” He looks at me with a sharp blue gaze, and just for an instant I’m looking at the old Terry. “Enjoy every moment. Because if you don’t, what’s the point? The ride is it.”
― The Burnout
― The Burnout
“Respecting an animal isn’t gaping at it through museum glass or from the deck of a charter boat. Respecting an animal is living with it.”
― Whalefall
― Whalefall
“But human beings need to speak, otherwise they lose their humanity, as I’ve realised these past few years.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“Now,” adds Terry knowledgeably, “you want to know why you wiped out?” “Yes,” I say, desperate to hear his answer. “Tell me. Why did I wipe out?” “Because you tried,” says Terry simply. “You tried, my dear. And that puts you above most people.”
― The Burnout
― The Burnout
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