Matthew Lindquist

‘Yes. Until recently, I didn’t think that humans could choose loneliness. That there were sometimes forces more powerful than the wish to avoid loneliness.’

The stranger came out of the sea like a water ghost, barefoot and wearing the scars of his journey.

War was never noble; it turned on itself

He missed India, for although he understood nothing, he felt at home in the story; he enjoyed the arguments presented, the conundrum that might conspire to be threatening or merely silly.