“But haven't all ambitious people something of the monstrous about them? You, sir, for instance, if you will forgive me, are a… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“I shall live alone. Always alone. In a house or a tree.' Fuchsia started to chew at a fresh grass blade. 'Someone… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“It was a long head. It was a wedge, a sliver, a grotesque slice in which it seemed the features had been… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“Steerpike was, of course, alive with ideas and projects. These two half-witted women were a gift. That they should be the sisters… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“Equality,' said Steerpike,' is the thing. It is the only true and central premise from which constructive ideas can radiate freely and… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“His mind had been working away behind his high forehead. Unimaginative himself he could recognize imagination in her: he had come upon… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
