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> [“Knew, too, that it wasn’t just Mona he wanted to run away from. It was everything. Back to a place where life had once seemed simple. A return to childhood, back to the womb. How easy it was now to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/knew-too-that-it-wasn-t-just-mona-he-wanted-to-run-away-from-it-was/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

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## More by Peter May

> [“A real relationship's based on trust and understanding, the sharing of little things. Moments of happiness and laughter. Realising you've both just had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/a-real-relationship-s-based-on-trust-and-understanding-the-sharing-of/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [I doubt if many of my contemporaries, especially the older ones, did many exercises. I have often tried to picture (Godfrey) Evans and (Denis)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/i-doubt-if-many-of-my-contemporaries-especially-the-older-ones-did/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [“But the one thing Fin had learned from his years in the police was that however much you believed you had them figured out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/but-the-one-thing-fin-had-learned-from-his-years-in-the-police-was/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [You have these 'hot towers', tropical storm clouds acting like chimneys to carry heat to the upper atmosphere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/you-have-these-hot-towers-tropical-storm-clouds-acting-like-chimneys/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [“now he was carrying a lot more weight, like his older brother, and his ginger hair”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/now-he-was-carrying-a-lot-more-weight-like-his-older-brother-and-his/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [“Knew, too, that it wasn’t just Mona he wanted to run away from. It was everything. Back to a place where life had once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/knew-too-that-it-wasn-t-just-mona-he-wanted-to-run-away-from-it-was/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [“The young are not curious about their elders, they just accept them for what they are. But I wish now I could go back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/the-young-are-not-curious-about-their-elders-they-just-accept-them/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [“I don’t think of myself as old. In my head I’m still the boy I was at seventeen. I just can’t do the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-old-in-my-head-i-m-still-the-boy-i-was-at/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [Centralized sounds good ... but the reality is that the National Guard and Army don't have the kind of ties with local organizations that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/centralized-sounds-good-but-the-reality-is-that-the-national-guard/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

> [“All along the ragged coastline, the sea sucked and frothed and growled, tireless legions of riderless white horses crashing up against the stubborn stone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-may/all-along-the-ragged-coastline-the-sea-sucked-and-frothed-and-growled/)

[Peter May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-may/)

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