“It is not summer, England doesn't have summer, it has continuous autumn with a fortnight's variation here and there.” — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“In Japan, first names are only for who you're married to, or if you're being rude,' the watchmaker explained.” — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“Mori made an unwilling sound. 'I don't like Western art.' 'No look at this.' He lifted it from its package. It wasn't… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“I'm a Buddhist. You might have a Christian obligation to catch pneumonia while you sit for two and a half hours listening… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“When they returned to Filigree Street, Mori refused even to go upstairs. Instead he hid under a quilt in the parlour with… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“Six saw a caterpillar.' 'What kind?' 'Green, with purple and white zigzags.' 'I see,' Thaniel said slowly. Liking children did not keep… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“Nobody wants a house in Osaka,' he said, and it was strange to hear him switch suddenly to foreign pronunciation in the… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“Is it white wine? Red tastes like vinegar.' 'Of course it's white wine, I'm Japanese.” — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“Mori looked across and was, briefly, a languageless, inhuman thing rescued from the sea and asked for an impious favour.” — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“The creeping sense that he might have seen him reading the book came up from the ground, but that was more anxiety… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“The safest way to success is to write according to the capacity of the stupidest member of the audience.” — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“Mori smiled properly. The lines around his eyes were deeper than usual now. They made him look like an old photograph of… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“What's that?' Thaniel said, curious. The postmarks and stamps weren't English or Japanese. 'A painting. There's a depressed Dutchman who does countryside… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
“I'll give you a cake if you get him in the stream by the end of the afternoon,' Mori said to Six.… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
