He was clearly not the murderer whom Hawksmoor was seeking, but it was generally the innocent who confessed: in the course of many enquiries, Hawksmoor had come across those who accused themselves of crimes which they had not committed and who demanded to be taken away before they could do more harm. He was acquainted with such people and recognised them at once - although they were noticeable, perhaps, only for a slight twitch in the eye or the awkward gait with which they moved through the world. And they inhabited small rooms to which Hawksmoor would sometimes be called: rooms with a bed and a chair but nothing besides, rooms where they shut the door and began talking out loud, rooms where they sat all evening and waited for the night, rooms where they experienced blind panic and then rage as they stared at their lives. And sometimes when he saw such people Hawksmoor thought, this is what I will become, I will be like them because I deserve to be like them, and only the smallest accident separates me from them now. . Peter Ackroyd
I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.
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Unknown
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.
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John Lennon
The Universe is very, very big. It also loves a paradox. For example, it has some extremely strict rules. Rule number one: Nothing lasts forever. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Not you or your family or your house or your planet or the sun. It is an absolute...
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Craig Ferguson
That’s what it feels like when you touch me. Like millions of tiny universes being born and then dying in the space between your finger and my skin. Sometimes I forget.
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Iain Thomas
Not only did I love her, but I could tellthe universe lovedher, too. More than others. She was different. After all; I wouldbe a fool not tonotice the way thesunshine played withher hair.
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Christopher Poindexter
More Quotes By Peter Ackroyd
He was clearly used to sucking in the universe, examining it, then bending it to his will.
Take the pleasure I'm giving you as a vow, pet. If you leave me, I will hunt you to the ends of the earth. There won't be a place you hide where I can't find you. I will never stop looking. I will never give...
She frowned. “I did nothing to arouse you.” He clenched his jaw, his stare growing more aggressive. “You breathed.
