Mike Robinson
https://www.goodreads.com/treebeardicus
Days before he passed, he asked me if I knew what happens after someone dies. “What?” “The world goes on.”
“Thank you, John. I think I need to send a text message.” Elizabeth takes out her phone. “I don’t think you’re supposed to use your mobile telephone in here, Elizabeth,” says John. She gives a kindly shrug. “Well, imagine if we only ever did what we were supposed to, John.” “You have a point there, Elizabeth,” agrees John, and goes back to his book.”
― The Thursday Murder Club
― The Thursday Murder Club
“There are silly, proper tears now. I’ll let them fall. If you don’t cry sometimes, you’ll end up crying all the time.”
― The Thursday Murder Club
― The Thursday Murder Club
“From that point on, I guess I sort of realized that my imagination, which made life, tolerable, needed to be kept a secret from the rest of the world. But if you keep something hidden away, all tied up, it’s hard to summon it when you really need it.”
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“Why is it calm in the early morning? You will notice that lakes are usually still and smooth before daybreak.”
― True Grit
― True Grit
“The Ranger troop!” said Rooster, with some contempt. “I tell you what you do. You go tell John Wesley Hardin about the Ranger troop. Don’t tell me and sis.”
― True Grit
― True Grit
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