“Maybe we should go on a holiday. What do you think? Can we go on a holiday next summer? Go away together? Greece, like some of those musty philosophers you write about? You get to see all those crumbling things… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“She wandered almost at random, zigzagging streets, following a canal for a bit, stopping to admire the towering red brick buildings that channelled her along, manufacturing heritage trailing along the water. Some were more than eight stories tall, solid behemoths that would outlast whatever food outlet had set up shop on the ground. Looking up changed things, it revealed all… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share
“Maybe he could get used to this ‘being a superhero’ thing. The Ginger Avenger.” — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Scrawled in the album’s white space, in an angry deeply-pushed biro that indented even the next page, were some words paraphrased from Tennyson’s Locksley… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“He felt that he perceived the shape within, just for a second. She had hope. It spread; he could almost witness electrons moving through… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“We all have a black box inside us, and maybe one day another being vastly more powerful than we are will open it and… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Sad-looking brown eyes, they wrenched his heart like a gut punch. Worse – hell, worse – a bloke could punch him in the head… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Command isn’t just giving orders. It’s knowing the minds of those below you,” — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Alex decided the stakes were high enough to justify one of his advanced psychological theories. He knew all women liked cats. People liked things… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“These rare mini mind-blanks always seemed to occur when he needed perking up, creative jolts as if his brain had temporarily overclocked its processor… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Natalie was one of the confident skaters weaving in and out of bodies, natural movement that succeeded because there wasn’t too much thought put… — Karl Drinkwater Copy Share Image
