But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattention to grant an illicit mercy. God...is an Anglican, whereas Our Lady is of the True Faith; the two of Them have an uneasy relationship, unable to agree on anything, except that if They divorce, the Devil will leap gleefully into the breach.
Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events - Michel Faber
Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events
- Michel Faber
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusi… - Michel Faber
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusi…
Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them. - Michel Faber
Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.
But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattenti… - Michel Faber
But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattenti…
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh with an impractically thin le… - Michel Faber
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh with an impractically thin le…
Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it. - Michel Faber
Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it.
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: … - Michel Faber
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: …
History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women. - Michel Faber
History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women.
The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that's always been there, and the next minute it's just a memory. - Michel Faber
The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that's always been there, and the next minute it's just a memory.
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