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21 " She was smiling in every photo, looked truly happy in none. "
― Jane Harper , Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)
22 " Fire would barrel along that chain like a bullet train, he knew. It surged and jumped and gorged itself. It raced like an animal. It ravaged with inhuman efficiency. "
― Jane Harper , The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
23 " Outside, washing hung still on the rotary line, bone dry and stiff from the sun. A child's scooter lay abandoned on the stepping-stone path. Just one human heart beat within a kilometer radius of the farm. So nothing reacted when, deep inside the house, the baby started crying. "
24 " How short was the road from that decision to this moment? The question ached like a bruise. "
25 " He stood on shaky legs, his vision blurred, as all around the cockatoos whirled and screamed into the scorching red sky. Alone, in that monstrous wound, Falk put his face in his hands and, just once, screamed himself. "
26 " Show her a mother of school-age children who didn’t sigh on a daily basis, and she’d show you a woman with a nanny. "
27 " It was funny how high and bright the red flags flew in hindsight, "
― Jane Harper , The Lost Man
28 " Dirty mugs crowded a side table, the recycling bin was overflowing, and stacks of letters stood unopened. It all told a tale of grief and distraction. "
29 " Bloody tragic.’ The farmer at Falk’s side spoke out of nowhere. His arms were crossed, fists wedged tightly under his armpits. ‘It is,’ Falk said. ‘You knew ’em well?’ ‘Not really. Only Luke, the –’ For a dizzy moment Falk couldn’t think of a word to describe the man in the largest coffin. "
30 " Eventually they made their obligatory excuses about trains to catch and early starts. As they shook hands for what would prove to be the last time, Falk found himself struggling to remember, once again, why they were still friends. "
31 " He avoided small talk at the best of times, and this, unquestionably, was a million horrific miles from the best of times. "
32 " But when she re-emerged in his life at fifteen, it was like she'd been reborn, fully formed and trailing fascination and mystery behind her like perfume. "
33 " His edges had been gently rounded by nuanced debate and foreign coffee and morning news. "
34 " The rabbit quivered a little under their scrutiny but mainly lay still. Fear masquerading as acceptance. "
35 " Luke pulled up photos on his phone. Lots of them. Falk scrolled through with the polite forbearance of the childless. "
36 " And yes, he battled the daily commute to work and spent a lot of his days under fluorescent office lights, but at least his livelihood didn't hang by a thread on the whim of a weather pattern. At least he wasn't driven to such fear and despair by the blank skies that there was even a chance the wrong end of a gun might look like the right answer. "
37 " Falk, no expert on babies, wasn’t sure if Charlotte recognized her mother on the screen. Or perhaps she was just pissed off at being included in the memorial when she was still very much alive. She’d get used to it, he realized. She didn’t have much choice. Not many places to hide for a kid destined to grow up with the label “lone survivor. "
38 " Niekada nenuvertinkite to, kiek toli žmonės gali nueiti dėl savo vaikų. "
39 " It seemed very far away and long ago now. Like it had happened to someone else. "
40 " They don’t realise what they do at that age can still haunt them years later. "