And just like that, I'd been assessed and judged. Nurse Fashoda didn't know the first thing about me but she'd taken one look at my face and now she reckoned she knew my whole life story -- what had gone before and what was yet to come.
Malorie BlackmanWhy was it that when noughts committed criminal acts, the fact that they were noughts was always pointed out? The banker was a Cross. The newsreader didn't even mention it.
Malorie BlackmanI suppose it doesn't occur to you that I can think the system just as unjust as you do.
Malorie BlackmanSometimes the things you're convinced you don't want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world.
Malorie Blackman