At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton.
Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end.
I confessed I did not have an opinion; I was only thirteen, and this was my very first dismemberment.
She hated him and loved him, longed for him and loathed him, and cursed herself for feeling anything at all
Ah. And then you kill him." "No," Arkwright replied patiently. "We are British. We avoid murder if we can help it.{...}
I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.
But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.
Beside me the monstrumologist murmured, "I believe I am in hell, therefore I am there.
We have just discovered our dear colleague butchered in a hotel room, and you wish to discuss literature?
Blunt turned to the man in question with a helpless grin, "You have always proven yourself a mystery to me, good fellow!" Falconer lifted one corner of his mouth, "Then I have succeeded, Blunt.
It would change everything, gentlemen. It would shift the entire balance of power in Europe-maybe the world. Alexander conquered half of it. Think what he would have done with arrows dipped in monster snot!
I walked until the water lapped against my chest, and then I kept walking until it kissed the underside of my jaw. I was surprised how cold it was. I closed my eyes and ducked beneath the surface. Thee was the wind and the clouds and the pure pool an...
I have chosen a life that depends on one’s awareness that every breath may be his last, every step may bring his downfall, and every word may stir betrayal. In truth, I must live in conscious ignorance of the mere thread that holds my life aloft, t...
And John Kearns whispered into my ear: "Do you see it now? *You* are the nest. *You* are the hatchling. *You* are the chrysalis. *You* are the progeny. *You* are the rot that falls from the stars. All of us--you and I and poor, dear Pellinore. Behold...
Kindness is stronger than iron bars.
If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.
When in doubt, follow the senses of beasts.
When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.
I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.
Each of our devoted investigators has had to protest the critical importance to science and the surpassing conveniences offered by the cabin: How well the hill-and-dale floor is held together by layered patches of variegated linoleum; how nicely the ...
Hope is a straw hat hanging beside a window covered with frost.
