Julia Stuart > Quotes

“For he was firmly of the conviction that the body was more susceptible to disease without the presence of love to warm the organs.”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“Standing at the original Victorian counter was a man in a long black leather coat. His hair had been grown to counteract its unequivocal retreat from the top of his head, and was fashioned into a mean, frail ponytail that hung limply down his back. Blooms of acne highlighted his vampire-white skin.”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“Don't sprout where you haven't been planted.”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“Shrouded in his red cassock, he padded off to the bathroom lost in the silent ecstasy or wearing new socks.”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“Fuck me, Ravenmaster!”
― julia stuart

“Despite her unrepentant aversion to Italian food, which her husband put down to her nation's historic distrust of Italy, she suddenly declared: "All I want in life is to be able to get a take-away pizza!”
― Julia Stuart

“Valerie Jennings had clearly searched deep within her wardrobe for something suitably flattering, only to retrieve a frock of utter indifference to fashion. There had been an attempt to tame her hair, which seemed to have been abandoned, and the fuzzy results were clipped to the back of her head.

"You look nice," said Hebe Jones.”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“Love is like a good cassoulet, it needs time and determination. Some bits are delicious, while others might be a bit rancid and make you wince. You may even come across the odd surprise like a little green button, but you have to consider the whole dish.”
― Julia Stuart, The Matchmaker of Périgord

“Don't extend your feet beyond your blanket.”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“very much encourage your interest in flowers. We all need something other than work to occupy the mind. With no pleasurable diversions it becomes exhausted, and we risk no longer being in charge of our facilities.”
― Julia Stuart, The Pigeon Pie Mystery

“An old hen is worth 40 chickens. ~ Hebe Jones”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“The bearded pig immediately turned its head at the noise.
The moment Balthazar Jones saw its marvellous hirsute cheeks, his guilt at having made off with the animal instantly vanished.”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“Вы бы удивились, узнав, как часто люди сравнивают смерть ребёнка со смертью своих домашних животных.”
― Julia Stuart

“quagmire”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise

“A lucky person is one who plants pebbles and harvests potatoes.”
― Julia Stuart, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

“An eight-pound Cheddar. No one can resist a bit of Cheddar cheese, ma’am. Not even the dead.”
― Julia Stuart, The Pigeon Pie Mystery

“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” - Gilbert K. Chesterton”
― Julia Stuart, Manga Coloring Book: 50 Coloring Pages About True Love: