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“You are unreliable, Flavia,' he said. 'Utterly unreliable.'
Of course I was! It was one of the things I loved most about myself.”
― The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Of course I was! It was one of the things I loved most about myself.”
― The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
“I hoisted the lid off the Spode vegetable dish and, from the depths of its hand-painted butterflies and raspberries, spooned out a generous helping of peas. Using my knife as a ruler and my fork as a prod, I marshaled the peas so that they formed meticulous rows and columns across my plate: rank upon rank of little green spheres, spaced with a precision that would have delighted the heart of the most exacting Swiss watchmaker. Then, beginning at the bottom left, I speared the first pea with my fork and ate it.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest, and I had long ago become accustomed to being called 'Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“Whenever I'm out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think, I fling myself down on my back, throw my arms and legs out so that I look like an asterisk, and gaze at the sky. ”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
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