He has seen enough of daily evil to be thankful for small goods that come his way.

The sight of her made him understand why he’d lost his faith in God.

Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance and her sunlight, from before human cruelty or suffering. She overwhelms man by the contrast between divine beauty and social hideousness. She spares...

Bluebell had been saying that he knew the men hated us for raiding their crops and gardens, and Toadflax answered, ‘That wasn’t why they destroyed the warren. It was just because we were in their...

Men like that — when they know they won’t be found out — they will do anything.