Obviously, Richard knew very well the general French attitude to vegan food; it was a bit like the British attitude to watching people add milk to tea before the hot water. We know it goes on, but we don’t want it here, thank you very much.
“Not just the-place-where-he-lived home, but it felt like home. Driving into the town now felt like slowly rising to the surface of a swimming pool: there was a comfort to it and he could breathe again.”
― Death in le Jardin
― Death in le Jardin
“Life was, after all, made up of tiny choices. Like a pointillist painting, no one dot, no one choice, defined it. But together? There emerged a picture. A life.”
― The Grey Wolf: A Novel
― The Grey Wolf: A Novel
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