Lilian Doud

“I do believe that there's life after love, and also that there is love, still, after a life is over.”
― Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed

“Which do you think, Commendatore? Bowels in or out?”
― Thomas Harris, Hannibal

“And what if Britain lost? There would be a financial crisis, unemployment, and destitution. Working-class men would take up Ethel’s father’s cry and say that they had never been allowed to vote for the war. The people’s rage against their rulers would be boundless.”
― Ken Follett, Fall of Giants

“I explained my whole theory about parenting being better if it was like a large Italian family having dinner under a tree while children play. Rebecca poured more wine and explained her theory of child-rearing, which is that you should behave as badly as possible so that the children will rebel against you and turn out like Saffron in Absolutely Fabulous.”
― Helen Fielding, Mad About the Boy