Slippery Creatures
K.J. Charles
Top 10 Best Quotes
“And he owned a lot of books, although just now and then, when it got dark and the shelves loomed over him, he got the feeling that they owned him.”
“What I say is, one can be as moral as one likes, but one should have the courtesy to do it in private, like any other bad habit”
“Thank God they were British. He took a deep breath. “Cup of tea?”
“Why do we count the cost of change, but not the cost of the world staying the same?”
“My dear chap, this is a bookshop. There’s never anywhere better to be.”
“I'd call you a whore but you're nothing so honest”
“If you couldn’t have a thing without hurting someone who didn’t deserve it, you shouldn’t have it.”
“He had no idea what civilians, or civilised people, would say in these circumstances. Thanks for that, old chap, much obliged, perhaps? Ought he apologise for coming in his mouth? Would this be a good moment to restart the conversation about where Kim had learned to use a knife? Thank God they were British. He took a deep breath. “Cup of tea?”
“I volunteered to go kill men who I’d have had a drink with if I’d met them in a pub, and that wasn’t courage, just a twist in the head that went the other way round to shellshock. Calling it honour is putting ribbons on a pile of shit. It might look good, but it still stinks.”
“Will shrugged. “I’ll be voting Labour if this election comes about, and higher taxes and redistribution of wealth sound like good things to me. But I don’t like bombs, or blowing up civilians.”
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