Tag: edward_st_aubyn

There was no one to be seen.
I’ll show you the way, if you like.
I know of a cave nearby where we could rest for the night.
I don’t care about all that now.
His bewilderment turned to alarm.
It just didn’t add up.
He knew how the world worked.
He would have to linger on.
He longed to be absorbed into the earth.
The next thing that happened was that he forgot the last thing that happened.
How could he wake from a waking dream?
How long had he been hiding?
His sense of time was as warped as everything else.
He couldn’t have said how long he stayed there.
He didn’t want to be taken away.
He must find a way out before it was too late.
He needed no more than three hours’ sleep to function perfectly for the rest of the day.
Age and money had alienated him from that relationship.
He had always had a strong connection with nature.
I hate to spoil your fun.
I swear I’m telling the truth.
But I’ve told you everything I know.
I’m feeling really strange.
There was no shelter to be found.
What about hard work and loyalty, not to mention coolness and courage and charm?
No more big ideas, please.
More people having more and more thoughts.
Because thoughts were real.
Perhaps that was why the universe was expanding.
The collision of ideas and images.
That’s all a sunset was: an exultation of dirt and dust.
Some of the clouds were beginning to be stained by the sinking sun.
Please don’t let me go mad.
He lowered his head again and pressed on.
Remember who you are.
An empty threat is always a sign of weakness.
Are you threatening me?
You think she’s a good person?
Do you think I don’t know about that?
What keeps them awake at night?
What have you got for me?
Why had he not always found life so disturbing and so poignant?
He strode forward, as if trampling his doubts underfoot.
We’re going to make this thing happen.
I’m ready either way.
Don’t worry, old man, we’ll find a way.
Nothing was right; nothing could cure her restlessness.
He was going to have to escape alone.
She had just walked away and never faltered.
Do we have a reliable driver?