It was possible, she thought, that she had won the race to reach the end of civilization. There was no prize. Obviously. - Kate Atkinson

Running wasn’t pointless, of course. Sometimes you did it to try to outrun your thoughts, sometimes you did it to chase them and bring them down. Sometimes you did it so that you didn’t think at all.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

It was funny how so many men were defined by their downfall. Caesar, Fred Goodwin, Trotsky, Harvey Weinstein, Hitler, Jimmy Savile. Women hardly ever. They didn’t fall down. They stood up.