Sherman Thyng

“Too late, my dear Monsieur Chambertin!" Sir Percy's mocking voice broke in,”
― Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

“she had a cloth in her hands. She said, “Frankie hungry?”
― Jane Smiley, Some Luck

“Mrs. May looked back at her. "Kate," she said after a moment, "stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.”
― Mary Norton

“I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.”
― Agatha Christie, Murder at the Vicarage