“It had been more or less the same for Jilly. Except that she had her parents there to field any phone calls, to accept the flowers at the door and pick up the cards that dropped like tears through the… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share Image
“The Troll was well over seven feet tall, and smelled of body odour and Germolene.” — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“It had been more or less the same for Jilly. Except that she had her parents there to field any phone calls, to accept… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“Henry was now very annoyed; he had dug himself into a hole so deep that they didn’t make a rope long enough.” — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“The bullet smashed through the right lens of Winston’s glasses and slammed him back against the lounge wall. Ozzy was expressionless as his old… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
It's called the Santa Claus effect; the holiday period is traditionally a strong cycle. — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“I am not their f*****g entertainment. And I am not a f*****g hero! Given the choice, a hero would do exactly the same again.… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“Fear was a wonderful propellant, and such a strong exponent of survival, even at the cost of others. Civility, it seemed, was the first… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“Use your intuition. Picture how things happen, why they happen. Don’t stick rigidly to first impressions, and once you’ve read the rule book, throw… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“No one mentioned the sad piece of tinsel, naked in places, hanging across the chimneybreast, nor that Twelfth Night was a week ago. No… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
Far as I know, Legal Aid was invented to help poor people fight wrongs; [the criminals] are abusing the system, and the damned lawyers… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“Some things in life could not be solved or even contemplated by a rational mind. Roger’s mind, however, had ceased being anywhere near rational… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“Like a submarine ejecting ballast, he bobbed to the surface as another sense pulled his eyelids all the way open like roller blinds in… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“He couldn’t read her these days; it was as though she’d been taken away from him, and in her place some alien had dropped… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“Oh God, please, I have to, please, just once more; I have to see her again. He marched onwards, his crippled leg dragging behind;… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
“…but his problem was infinity; his problem was time running along the x-axis versus stress running along the y-axis, and there never seemed to… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share
