Daniela

“He wanted to tell Golo, who was now thirty-two, that Elisabeth had declared that after the age of thirty no one had the right to blame their parents for anything. And then he could turn to Michael, who was twenty-two, and tell him that he had eight years left and he should use them wisely.”
― Colm Tóibín, The Magician

“Wrong place,” Reacher said. “Wrong time, wrong reasons, wrong methods, wrong approach, wrong leadership. No real backing, no real will to win, no coherent strategy.”
― Lee Child, Tripwire

“She calls once a day and I take her call once a week,” Mrs. Roosevelt replied.”
― Colm Tóibín, The Magician

“And then I remembered what Grandad had said about mould. Maybe it was toxic? I yanked my hand back and stared at it, half expecting my fingers to shrivel up and drop off in some fatal reaction. They didn’t. And the relief was slightly sprinkled with disappointment”
― Andy Shepherd, The Boy Who Grew Dragons