Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast Quotes
She had shown him by her independence how it was only fear that held people together. The fear of being alone and the fear of being different.
His mother stood before him like a monument. He saw her great outline through the blur of his weakness and his passion. She made no movement at all.
Meanwhile Bellgrove had been savouring love's rare aperitif, the ageless language of the eyes.