Carolyne

“Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Life is a conundrum of esoterica.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Reptile Room