"She was more exposed to the elements now: the wind and rain howled through the metal cage enclosing her. It seemed impossible that someone could fall or be shoved from the bridge. She forced herself t..."
- Sanjida Kay
"A feeble orange light was flickering in the allotments, low down near the ground. Laura looked hopefully towards it. It was a huge pumpkin, its flesh brick-red, its mouth cut into a crude gash, candle..."
"Autumn imagined the girl, with long dark hair in plaits and a red cape, running through the wood and stopping because she hears something: soft paws crushing damp moss, an animal breathing. She runs o..."
"it wasn’t until the train went past that she saw the small body lying in the long grass by the side of the wood."
"In the fleeting light she saw the meadow, dotted with stunted hawthorns, their twisted limbs dense with red berries, and then a shape: achingly familiar, child-sized, shockingly still."
"Only one small, pale spot on her cheek was visible where her skin, free of blood, gleamed, as polished as bone."
"And even then, it might not have been too awful, but his head snapped back and he hit a rock, breaking like a blunt molar from the ground."
"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us... Save my little girl..."
"A positive strategy should focus on innovation."
- Sanjiv Anand
"Sanji: That's right he's a rubberman Chopper: What do you mean?Sanji: I mean he's a monster"
- Sanji