

“I’m a soldier,’ Nathan said. ‘We’re all soldiers, now. Soldiers don’t leave people behind.”
― When the children come
― When the children come

“But the simple fact of bearing a responsibility can be something that gives meaning to life.”
― Little Star
― Little Star

“We are stood on the spot where a vast army of legionnaires were sent through a time portal with this very device,’ Jack said holding out his arm and displaying the XXL strapped safely to his wrist.”
― The Girl with the Porcelain Lips
― The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“Just a middle-age man with all the privilege that unasked for gift affords. When in truth it seems, we see suffering as the province of children, mothers, wives and lovers. Broken, struck by the hand of a man’s blind ambition, brutish strength. What of the gentle-man with the soft voice…”
― More Than Love, A Husband's Tale
― More Than Love, A Husband's Tale

“Our schools kept from us, for as long as they could, the dangerous, disruptive, upsetting knowledge of our own female nature.”
― An Experiment in Love
― An Experiment in Love
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