“But I knew this much: how could anyone with half a brain would want to live in a vast, cold place like Russia which was controlled by a few old farts in furry hats and where everyone was barred from… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“For too many questions there’s only one vague answer: God was everywhere (Martin once remarked: not in my undies!), accompanied by a thinly veiled… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“Crabs and medusas were my natural enemies. Crabs because I once got bitten on my bum as I had fallen asleep on a rock… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“what were you doing there at ten o’clock at night when all good Catholic boys are fast asleep?” “It was eleven o’clock, Father.” “Even… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“it is my duty to report the following description, mainly because if ugliness was a sin, Madame Catina’s chances of reaching heaven would be… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“The Gruyère cousins were waiters from a nearby village. It wasn’t their real name. Eloise had nicknamed them Gruyère because they were forgetful, you… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“ • On dunces: in the old days, if you were found out to be a dunce on any given subject you would have been asked to don a donkey hat for an hour, and made to stand to the right of the blackboard with your back to the class, dodging an array of projectiles -bits of erasers, paper planes, dried snot… — Patric Juillet Copy Share
“I took out the round, crusty bread and made a hole in the centre with my thumb. Then I opened the tin of sardines with the little key that came with it, carefully twisting it sideways, smartly avoiding the released oil spurt. I poured the contents into the hole in the bread, gently spreading the sardines in tomato sauce evenly… — Patric Juillet Copy Share
“But I knew this much: how could anyone with half a brain would want to live in a vast, cold place like Russia which… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“The Holy Ghost? What was a Holy Ghost? A ghost with upper connections? A sacred linen sheet with holes for eyes that roamed around… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“In ancient Greece, some people did that for a living. They would just sit on a tree branch or a stone bench and ponder,… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
“ • On dogs: dogs are cleverer than we think. Everything in their world is indexed and catalogued, taking no one and nothing for granted and… — Patric Juillet Copy Share Image
