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1 " Some people like drama so much that they have to start inventing things because real life isn't interesting enough for them. "
― Lisa Ballantyne , The Guilty One
2 " In life most things that frighten us are to do with our own heart and its flaws. You’ll always be afraid of some things—never free from fear itself. But that’s all right. Fear’s like pain, it’s there in your life to teach you about yourself. "
3 " The air smelled of gunpowder when Daniel emerged from the Angel tube stop and headed for Islington Police Station. It was midsummer and airless, the moon slipping unseen into a bright, troubled sky. The day was gravid, ready to burst. As "
4 " As he started up Liverpool Road, the thunder came and then thick drops of rain, reprimanding, chastening. He turned up his collar and ran past the Waitrose and the Sainsbury’s, dodging last-minute shoppers. Daniel was a runner and so he did not feel the strain in his chest or his legs, even when the rain fell heavier, soaking the shoulders and the back of his jacket, causing him to run faster, and faster. Inside "
5 " Daniel was standing in Minnie’s kitchen next to a suitcase that contained everything he owned. Her kitchen smelled funny: of animals and fruit and burned wood. The house was cramped and dark and Daniel didn’t want to stay. Minnie "
6 " the can "
7 " older man pulled gently at his collar and straightened "
8 " reading emotional responses in others. Another thing "
9 " He was never long between women. It was after the thrill had passed and the intimacy became real that he found it difficult. He didn’t like talking about his past and he didn’t trust promises. "
10 " lingering ghosts "
