Andre Mifsud

“My darling one, you are young and lovely,
But inexperienced, and though you think
The world is at your feet,
It can rise up and tread on you.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“How can a novelist achieve atonement when with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also god?”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“It was not generally realized that what children mostly wanted was to be left alone.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“To care passionately for another human creature brings always more sorrow than joy; but at the same time, Elinor, one would not be without experience. Anyone who has never really loved has never really lived..”
― Agatha Christie, Sad Cypress