“This evening I spied her in the back orchard. I decided to sacrifice one of my better old shirts and carried it out to her. The weather’s been warm of late. Buds on the apple trees are ready to burst. Usually by this time of the year, at that time of day, the back orchard is full of screaming children. Damut’s boys were the only two. They were on the terrace below her, running through the slanted sunlight, chasing each other around tree trunks. She stood above them, like a merlin watching rabbits play.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“We’re so very sorry about this latest murder. Ignore Simon’s levity.”
― Murder on Family Grounds
― Murder on Family Grounds
“Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.”
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“There once was a dog named Bonnie who had lived in a library since she was a puppy.”
― Debbie Wants No Words
― Debbie Wants No Words
“Most of us can be counted on to manage our own undoings.”
― A Wild Swan: And Other Tales
― A Wild Swan: And Other Tales
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