“Guilt, Ameline discovered, was a terrible, unruly think, like toothache – dull nagging, persistent, never far from attention. Just when you got used to its rumbling, ruminating presence, it would lash out, stike you down, stio you dead in your tracks. The worst thing was, it was entirely unpredicatable.”

“Guilt, Ameline discovered, was a terrible, unruly think, like toothache – dull nagging, persistent, never far from attention. Just when you got used to its rumbling, ruminating presence, it would lash out, stike you down, stio you dead in your tracks. The worst thing was, it was entirely unpredicatable.”

— Lesley Lokko