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“If you see Ingrid, don’t look at her. Walk the other way.” I give him a two-dollar coin and he returns to the background, like he’s part of an endless line of characters provided by a talent agency.”
― Michael Redhill, Bellevue Square

“Also,” Louise continues, and I pay attention now I’m sure I have everything securely logged in my head, “this sitting-still business is always preferable to the gym. I’m going to ache tomorrow.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Behind Her Eyes

“I do my own habitual scan. I’ve already completed mental check-offs of the drunks, the painfully pierced, and there have been two iced coffees and a couple sharing a starfruit. Miriam is back in her spot. I go over and ask her, “If you could go back in time and kill Hitler as a baby, would you?”
― Michael Redhill, Bellevue Square

“How?” Sarl demanded, momentarily forgetting her place. Almost shouting at Bo. “How can we know?” Bo said. “But that is what… separates us… from animals, which you say they are! We have our fire, the animals do not.” “And what of our minds, Sarl? What of our intelligence? Fire is not the only thing.”
― James Murdo, Gil's World