Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Mark Ellis

Quote by Mark Ellis

“With the rum bottle empty, Marsh had moved on to the Guinness in the kitchen cupboard. After a bottle and a half, he’d decided that action was required.the most satisfying sort of action he could think of was ending the little boy’s life.”

Quote by Mark Ellis

Book:Death of an Officer
Create image

Work

Death of an Officer

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Mark Ellis

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Mark Ellis. more

You May Also Like

“They were like an iceberg, it occurred to me, my father the seven-eighths that was under the water and my mother the luminous portion riding the waves. But no, they were two icebergs: solitary phenomena, impressive, independent, known only to themselves. I felt their hidden seven-eighths inside me as a dark bulkiness whose outlines I was always trying to map.”

ParentsDaughters
Book:All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir
Create image

“They were like an iceberg, it occurred to me, my father the seven-sights that was under the water and my mother the luminous portion riding the waves. But no, they were two icebergs: solitary phenomena, impressive, independent, known only to themselves. I felt their hidden seven-eighths inside me as a dark bulkiness whose outlines I was always trying to map.”

ParentsDaughters
Book:All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir
Create image