On a slippery slope the only way was down. - Bernard MacLaverty

The coffee was good and the first sip made him want a cigarette. His hand went to his pocket before he realised it was decades since he'd had a smoke. The desire came out of nowhere. He thought how foolish, how stuck in routine the body becomes. Would the same thing happen if he tried to give up drinking?

I always say that a man with one language is like a man with one eye.

It's all going far too well," said Gerry. "A bad omen.