Evalyn Embelton

“guillotine”
― Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel

“you're doomed at being you.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“1. In 1511, the solitude and peace of Martha’s sanctuary was rudely interrupted by the arrival of a new conscripted member. Tall, with long fair hair and intelligent green eyes, the woman was of striking appearance. She was in her mid-thirties and held herself with a regal demeanour. This was Sylva, the deposed Empress of the North.”
― Robert Reid, The Empress