“Getting things done at St Mary’s is a bit like elephants mating,’ explained Peterson. A remark that caused some mystification. ‘You know – there’s frantic activity at high level. There’s screaming and stamping. A lot of dust is raised. Nothing… — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“I could have been a bomb-disposal expert, or a volunteer for the Mars mission, or a firefighter, or something safe and sensible. But no,… — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“I spoke very quietly because the more quietly you speak, the more people listen.” — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“When you have a small population, children are valued – they are the future, after all, and, for the kids themselves, this manifests itself in a… — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“Something writhed inside me and for a moment I was back in those long dark days when my world was so small I couldn’t… — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“working on a recipe for pitch here and I need some sort of fibrous binding agent. I have to say,” — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“I saw the exact moment the light left his eyes and he died and a small part of me went with him.” — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“If it’s any reassurance, after what he’s drunk today, I don’t think he could even raise a smile, let alone anything else.” — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“How long?’ ‘As long as it takes. Your time will be best spent acquiring a gift appropriate to the illegality of what you’ve asked… — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“Well, you don’t snore like bathwater going down the plughole.’ We listened some more. ‘It’s very – loud.’ ‘He certainly sleeps with enthusiasm.” — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“In this century, as in any other, men wore the comfortable, practical stuff, and the women wandered round expiring underneath over-decorated tea-cosies and with… — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
“No one ever mentions this in stories about time travel. You identify and locate your destination, defy the laws of physics to get there,… — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
