"At Birkin Grif's left, his seat insecure on a scruffy packhorse, Theomeris Glyn, his only armour a steel-stressed leather cap, grumbled at the cold and the earliness of the hour, and cursed the flint hearts of city girls."

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Source : M. John Harrison (2007). “Viriconium”, p.34, Spectra

M. John Harrison

#Girl Quotes #Heart Quotes #Insecure Quotes

“We are â€¦ the un-proud non-possessors of objects whose chief substance is that of the transient symbol. Our Puritan fear of the love of things turns out to have been groundless after all, for we do not love things or even possess them: they pass through our lives as barium passes through the digestive tract, unassimilated, their function merely to flash signals along the way.”
“The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.”
“I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society â€” because once you marry within a society that remains patriarchal, no matter how alternative you want to be within your unit, there is still a culture outside you that will impose many, many values on you whether you want them to or not.”
“I don't wish my career on anyone.”
“Fear comes knocking with a thought. Faith answers with a word ... God's Word.”
“What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?”
“To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.”
“My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.”

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