Emílie

“I know you think that every dreadful thing that happens in the world is because you didn't stop it, but the truth is that dreadful things would happen anyway, even if you had never been born. The excellent fact is that you were born, and that means that you have the chance to make the world a slightly less horrid place”
― Robin Stevens, Death in the Spotlight

“Hell's different things to different people and different things to the same person at different times.”
― J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country

“After all, there's no one more annoying than the person you spend the most time with.”
― Robin Stevens, Top Marks for Murder

“I wish," said the old lady, "for her own sake, for the sake of her family, and for the sake of her reputation, that my lady Delacour had fewer admirers, and more friends."

"Women, who have met with so many admirers, seldom meet with many friends," said lady Anne.

"No," said Mrs. Delacour, "for they seldom are wise enough to know their value."

"We learn the value of all things, but especially of friends, by experience," said lady Anne, "and it is no wonder, therefore, that those who have little experience of the pleasures of friendship should not be wise enough to know their value.”
― Maria Edgeworth, Belinda