“Every morning when I wake up, I'm always surprised, sometimes crestfallen, to have been spat out again, tender and bruised and somehow a little less.”
“Remember this: if, in the act of creation, you find yourself, just for a moment, losing all sense of time and being lifted up into a great, all-embracing 'Yes!' . . . you have found the place where creation takes wing”
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“Do we have to be religious to be moral? Do we have to believe in God to be good? These questions may sound impertinent to people without a religion or clear belief in God who are trying to lead a good life.”
“Was it the bourbon or the dye fumes that made the pink walls quiver like vaginal lips?”
“A dark extravagant shape slowly detached itself from the grey overall of sea and sky . . .”
“‘You said the War ended decades ago.’ The angel darkens to a silhouette. Ice crystals form in the vapour rising from his shoulders, hardening into wings. ‘Oh Hagar.’ His voice shrinks to a whisper. ‘War doesn’t end. It sleeps.'”
‘February’s Son is an excellent sequel — full of surprises, streaked with compassion — that highlights the art of tartan noir. McCoy, trying to work out “what’s right and what’s wrong”, and Cooper, who just does “what has to be done”, make one hell of a damaged duo.’
Mark Sanderson
Evening Standard
