Alex Doenau

“In the darkness as we lie side by side John Cole's left hand snakes over under the sheets and takes a hold of my right hand. We listen to the cries of the night revellers outside and hear the horses tramping along the ways. We're holding hands then like lovers who have just met or how we imagine lovers might be in the unknown realm where lovers act as lovers without concealment.”
― Sebastian Barry, Days Without End

“But I had no idea what I looked like. Children may feel epic and large to theyselves and yet be only scraps to view.”
― Sebastian Barry, Days Without End

“New Year’s Eve was a night for jazz, and the saxophone could cut you in half if you were alone.”
― Michael Connelly, The Black Ice

“It’s all a cesspool, man. Doesn’t matter if you’re on the bottom or the top. You’re still swimming in shit.”
― Michael Connelly, The Black Ice