The Complete Tawny Man Trilogy

When you cut pieces from the truth to avoid sounding like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead.’

You could probably knock through the wall if you went about it quietly.’

‘Knock through the wall quietly?’

‘It might be a bit difficult.’

She did not walk, she glided, her arms across her belly as if she already held her unborn child. My greedy, raucous little bird was a nesting mother now.

His attack hit me, an iron hammer on an anvil of cheese

Is there anything more chilling than looking at a righteous fifteen-year-old and realizing he has the power to unravel your entire life?

Men and women alike gave me a wide berth, and I realized I was scowling darkly and probably muttering to myself. I tried to find a more pleasant expression, but my face could not seem to recall how to form one.

had hurt him. I felt regret at that. He had intended only good, yet a stubborn part of me still resented what he had done. I sought for some justification to cling to that stupidity. There was none. Nevertheless, sometimes knowing one has no right to be angry does not disperse all the anger.

Silence can ask all the questions, where the tongue is prone only to ask the wrong one.