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101 " bitumen. "
― Michel Faber , Under the Skin
102 " It burns in her mind, branded there by Mrs Castaway: Wicked is what we can’t help being, little one. The word was invented to describe us. Men love to wallow in sin; we are the sin they wallow in. "
― Michel Faber , The Crimson Petal and the White
103 " Someone at work said to me this morning, ”Where is God in all this?” I didn’t rise to the bait. I can never understand why people ask that question. The real question for the bystanders of tragedy is “Where are WE in all this? "
― Michel Faber , The Book of Strange New Things
104 " It was a husk, no longer truly their mother - more like their mother's most treasured possession, which had been given to them as a parting gift. "
― Michel Faber , The Fahrenheit Twins
105 " protective of his gleaming domain, beavering away in it alone like an obsessed scientist in a humid and luridly lit laboratory. "
106 " He didn’t want to be like some old-fashioned imperialist missionary, poncing about like Moses in a safari suit, capitalizing on a misconception that he was from the same tribe as Jesus and that God was an Englishman. "
107 " Locating a past event in measured time was something they could do with great effort, as a special favor, but Peter could tell they didn’t see the point. Why should it matter exactly how many days, weeks, months or years ago a relative had died? A person was either living amongst them or in the ground. "
108 " In every Christian’s life there comes a time when he or she needs to know the precise circumstances under which God is willing to heal the sick. "
109 " Ach,’ she says. ‘There ain’t nuffink in this world but men and women, is there? So you got to care about ’em, ain’t you, else what you got to care about? "
110 " As Christians, we should spread the love of Christ. If we do our job right, we’ll create people who don’t want to do wrong. "
111 " could indicate the cocky self-awareness of a male in prime condition. "
112 " behaving as if his actions didn’t need defending. Typical rich kid, typical pampered little tycoon. None of their actions ever needed defending, did they? "
113 " Their wealth makes them like a different creature, an exotic thing that doesn’t have to function like a human. "
114 " She couldn’t quite believe it, even after all these years. It was a phenomenon of stupendous and unjustifiably useless extravagance. Yet here it lay, soft and powdery, edibly pure. "
115 " [...] how can one sleep while dancing at the edge of waves? "
116 " Someone at work said to me this morning, ”Where is God in all this?” I didn’t rise to the bait. I can never understand why people ask that question. The real question for the bystanders of tragedy is “Where are WE in all this?” I’ve always tried to come up with answers to that challenge. I don’t know if I can at the moment. Pray for me. "
117 " And you know what people immediately start looking for, five minutes after they arrive someplace new? You know what’s on their minds? I’ll tell you: How are they gonna get laid, and where are they gonna find some mind-altering substances. "
118 " There was only so much calamitous change you could hear about, events that rewrote what you thought was general knowledge, before your brain stopped digesting and you clung on to older realities. "
119 " façades of the unknown city loomed up before him, harboring unimaginable wonders—his whole life had been leading up to this. "
120 " Era un hombre de muchos planes, pero de poco fruto. "