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You made us what you would not dare to be yourselves. Yet you will not acknowledge us.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
The kid was deliberately and maliciously watching television at him.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
Thor was the God of Thunder and, frankly, acted like it.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport."
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
The Great Zaganza said: "You are very fat and stupid and persistently wear a ridiculous hat which you should be ashamed of."
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
It was a battered yellow Citroën 2CV which had had one careful owner but also three suicidally reckless ones.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
It is not that we are hidden. We are here. We move among you.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
Especially when I'm wearing the helmet!
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
Dennis Hutch had stepped up into the top seat when its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
"My name is Kate Schechter. Two 'c's, two 'h's, two 'e's, and also a 't', an 'r', and an 's'. Provided they're all there the bank won't be fussy about the order they come in. They never seem to know themselves."
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
It was his subconscious which told him this — that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
You would probably not say that he was sleeping the sleep of the just, unless you meant the just asleep, but it was certainly the sleep of someone who was not fooling about when he climbed into bed of a night and turned off the light.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
Always expecting this and expecting that. May I recommend serenity to you? A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment. Learn to be one with the joy of the moment.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
...my methods of navigation have their advantage. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
My own strategy is to find a car, or the nearest equivalent, which looks as if it knows where it's going and follow it. I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
The explosion was now officially designated an "Act of God."
But, thought Dirk, what god? And why?
What god would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15:37 flight to Oslo?
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
There was constant talk about hewing things and ravaging things and splitting things asunder. Lots of big talk of things being mighty, and of things being riven, and of things being in thrall to other things, but very little attention given, as I now realise, to the laundry.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)