“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?”
― The Warden
― The Warden
“Yes, Mr Latimer, most of us go through life without knowing what we want of it. But Dimitrios, you know, was not like that. Dimitrios knew exactly what he wanted. He wanted money and he wanted power.”
― A Coffin for Dimitrios
― A Coffin for Dimitrios
“they climbed above the beach there to a higher elevation where decayed wooden gates with padlocks announced the phantoms of abandoned houses. Where the shallow water suddenly deepened there were irregular shapes of black opal, like the forms of stationary sharks, and farther out dark green masses that suggested a brooding energy that would always remain withheld from the upper air.”
― Beautiful Animals
― Beautiful Animals
“I walked back down the room and out. The little blonde at the PBX looked at me expectantly, her small red lips parted, waiting for more fun. I didn't have any more. I went on out.”
― The Lady In The Lake
― The Lady In The Lake
“Do you think this plague will be over by the time I return? They say these visitations are all from God, but I can’t pretend to know his purposes.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
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