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> [“Humphrey’s mouth opened and shut a couple of times on things he wanted to say, wanted to ask, and then he said, “Why? Why did you lie about it, Mom?” Shelly flapped a hand at him. “Because, because.” Because she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/humphrey-s-mouth-opened-and-shut-a-couple-of-times-on-things-he/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

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## More by Peter Maughan

> [“A week before, snow had been forecast. Snow was gathering in the north and would, by the weekend, come down on the West County…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/a-week-before-snow-had-been-forecast-snow-was-gathering-in-the-north/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“It’s age. It makes misers of us,” he said dolefully. “Counting out our lives in small change from a thinning purse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/it-s-age-it-makes-misers-of-us-he-said-dolefully-counting-out-our/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“And he was different, this new dad. The other dad, the old dad, well, he admired him. He was a hotshot and go-getter, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/and-he-was-different-this-new-dad-the-other-dad-the-old-dad-well-he/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“Jasmine thought of her powers, her real powers, as coming from a fifth element, a quintessential world that was everywhere but for most people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/jasmine-thought-of-her-powers-her-real-powers-as-coming-from-a-fifth/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“Fiction is truth not limited by facts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/fiction-is-truth-not-limited-by-facts/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“And then, as if a challenge, said: ''When I were a lad, father and mother used to tell us that on Christmas Eve, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/and-then-as-if-a-challenge-said-when-i-were-a-lad-father-and-mother/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“They’ll have Donald Duck and Goofy and the gang on the wallpaper ready for the first arrival in the nursery, the boy who would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/they-ll-have-donald-duck-and-goofy-and-the-gang-on-the-wallpaper/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“You’ll be seeing pink elephants, the way you drink.” “I find life thirsty work, old man,” Phineas said equably. “And besides, what have you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/you-ll-be-seeing-pink-elephants-the-way-you-drink-i-find-life-thirsty/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“Sweetened by a tower of Norman stone, the bells of Lent, carrying on their ancient sides the names of saints and merchants, squires and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/sweetened-by-a-tower-of-norman-stone-the-bells-of-lent-carrying-on/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“Love is our story, it holds within it all the dramas of the human heart, told over and over.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/love-is-our-story-it-holds-within-it-all-the-dramas-of-the-human/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“Humphrey’s mouth opened and shut a couple of times on things he wanted to say, wanted to ask, and then he said, “Why? Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/humphrey-s-mouth-opened-and-shut-a-couple-of-times-on-things-he/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“Beati qui durant. ‘Blessed are those who endure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/beati-qui-durant-blessed-are-those-who-endure/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“Young children often lie about their world, knowing instinctively that its truth is something adults no longer understand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/young-children-often-lie-about-their-world-knowing-instinctively-that/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“Bound to happen sooner or later, I suppose,” the Commander said equably, tamping his pipe down. “It’s the times, my boy, the times. O…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/bound-to-happen-sooner-or-later-i-suppose-the-commander-said-equably/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

> [“The Commander tucked the timepiece back into the fob pocket, and with the air of a conjurer brought out a full moon, as bright…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maughan/the-commander-tucked-the-timepiece-back-into-the-fob-pocket-and-with/)

[Peter Maughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maughan/)

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