Peter Swanson

“People endured horrors, and then they couldn’t talk about them. The real stories of the world were bedded in silence.”
― Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

“Influenza delle stelle—the influence of the stars.”
― Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars

“Mrs Pitt shouted up the stairs for her daughter with a voice like a foghorn, then smiled cheerfully at Calvin. "She'll be down in a mo," she said, and showed him in to the front room, which was a colourful sea of Lego bricks with a small child bobbing in it.”
― Belinda Bauer, Exit

“Ever since I was old enough to question my own instincts, my mother has given me the same piece of advice: “Flip a coin, Eleanor. If the answer you get disappoints you, do the opposite.” We already know the right answer, even when we don’t—or we think we don’t. But what if it’s a trick coin? What if both sides are the same? If both are right, then both are wrong.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace