Bruce Hatton

“There are only two real people in fiction – the storyteller and the listener”
― Lee Child, The Hero: The Enduring Myth That Makes Us Human

“But then again, the troubled are always young; the old are simply pathetic. Grow old and the edges come off: the mind rationalises, the heart concedes, the soul surrenders. We all grow old and frail, inside as well as out. The twists of reaction become entrenched, character traits become permanent: the resentments, the denials, the rationalisations. We learn to live with it. It’s so much more troubling when we are young and honest.”
― Chris Hammer, Scrublands

“It's easy to mistake belief for truth. It's easy to see things that aren't there, just because you want to see them”
― Katrina Monroe, Graveyard of Lost Children

“My wife was among the millions who died, and I was still there, wrapped in a cloud of self-pity. I couldn’t hold her hand and say how much I loved her in those last moments.”
― Stjepan Varesevac Cobets, 2025: SF Novella