Jane

“Will plowed through speeches that knew no end and scenes as slow as elephants. He plumbed verbal abysses for some hint of wit. He sought action, found oceans of incidents, and sought in vain information unknown to alehouse gossips. Flesh to bones? It had no vigor of bone, only flesh—a gross, quivering, unfinished creature entirely lacking in its skeleton.”
― Justin Scott, The Sister Queens

“What a word, Will! Vandalized! Did you just make that up?"

"It was you who spoke of Vandals, sir."

"Yes, I did! An excellent word.”
― Justin Scott, The Sister Queens

“He imagined this was the sort of shadow battle Queen Elizabeth had fought her entire reign—starting as a young woman alone, besieged by foreign kings and English nobles who would marry her crown, always steps behind grizzled courtiers like Lord Burghley. No! Rarely steps behind. She was steps ahead or she would never have survived so long.”
― Justin Scott, The Sister Queens

“It came to me on the wing."

"As would a hawk ripping a pigeon.”
― Justin Scott, The Sister Queens