Daryl Partis

“Which is it, Madame Pommery, are you the daring coquette or a pillar of society?”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne

“...A mountain you're plannin' on climbin' ain't the same as the one you ain't. It ain't so pretty...”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“She learned a lot and some of the things she learned were hard to accept. She was made to realize once and for all that this earth on which they lived turning about in space did not revolve, as she had believed, for the sake of little people. “Nor for big people either,” she reminded the boy when she saw his secret smile.”
― Mary Norton, The Borrowers

“Her unexpected outburst rocked Flaminius to his core. Suddenly, she didn't seem so angelic. Her face twisted with rage; veins in her neck throbbed with fury in a scene all too familiar. Her reaction switched him off to her instantly as all his worst fears came to life.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame