“I had forgotten that God, or the world, or whatever carves the rules in stone, doesn't give you time off for good behavior.” GodTana FrenchBroken HarborThe Powers That Be Book:Broken Harbour Source: Broken Harbour
“The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers and not words. No explanations seemed necessary. They were not friends, Comrade Pillai and Inspector Thomas Mathew, and they didn’t trust each other. But they understood each other perfectly. They were both men whom childhood had abandoned without a trace. Men without curiosity. Without doubt. Both in their own way truly, terrifyingly adult. They looked out at the world and never wondered how it worked, because they knew. They worked it. They were mechanics who serviced different parts of the machine.” MenThe Powers That Be Book:The God of Small Things Source: The God of Small Things