Maria

“Since I doubt, at the moment, whether I can stomach any hysterical verbiage, suppose we simply say what we mean.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate

“Every other woman since Eve has asked to be loved more than honour. But not you.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate

“You’ve chosen a life of vice, and have been consistent and reliable and thorough and successful in carrying it out.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, The Game of Kings

“Philippa allowed polite regret to inform every muscle. ‘Whatever day it occurs,’ she said, ‘I feel I have a previous engagement.’

‘May I congratulate you,’ he said agreeably, ‘on your evident popularity.’

‘Anything I can do,’ Philippa said, ‘to save you from the exhaustions of pluralism.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate