Quotes by Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell

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He'd learned something. Life was booby-trapped and there was no easy passage through. You had to jump from colour to col — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
She was someone who heard each grain in the hour-glass, she felt the passing seconds like sandpaper against her softest — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
The strong man lit a cigarette. It looked too frail for his hand. They looked like King Kong and Fay Wray, that hand, th — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
His anger was still there, and he used it to break into her. He liked the way her eyes widened in alarm, as if he was fo — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
This would have once been a place for contemplation. He looked up at the towers surrounding him. Many of the dead bodies — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
Jed thought he understood. It was like when his radios were thrown away. You could shrug your shoulders, put on a face t — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
The fig tree had dropped its fruit all over the ground. Ripe figs lay in the dust, exploded, bloody, as if the sky had r — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
The plane banked, and he pressed his face against the cold window. The ocean tilted up to meet him, its dark surface stu — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
Vasco bought a bottle of vodka to celebrate and they drank it in the old sailors' graveyard in Mangrove South. This was — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell
He was dropped under a streetlamp, the only person left on the bus. A patch of mauled light. Gritty pavement, scarred wi — Rupert Thomson, The Five Gates of Hell