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“There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.”
― A Brief History of Montmaray
― A Brief History of Montmaray
“The way she told it, the English counties are littered with aging spinsters who accidentally displayed a spark of intelligence at a debutante dance and were banished forever from civilized society”
― A Brief History of Montmaray
― A Brief History of Montmaray
“Fists and rocks and clubs can do a limited amount of harm, but a gun is entirely different. It makes a weak man feel like a hero and a strong man feel as if he is immortal, and it removes the last inhibition a killer might feel. You don't have to be close to a man to put a bullet in him. You don't have to have to see his face.”
― He Shall Thunder in the Sky
― He Shall Thunder in the Sky
“You certainly are a repository of useless information. How do you know all that?' David asked, with more amusement than admiration.
'I have a mind like a magpie's, easily distracted by interesting odds and ends,' Ramses admitted.”
― A River in the Sky
'I have a mind like a magpie's, easily distracted by interesting odds and ends,' Ramses admitted.”
― A River in the Sky
“You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect — even on Selena after a very modest quantity. She cast off all conventional restraints and devoted herself without shame to the pleasure of the moment."
I asked for particulars of this uncharacteristic conduct.
"She took from her handbag a paperback edition of Pride and Prejudice and sat on the sofa reading it, declining all offers of conversation.”
― The Shortest Way to Hades
I asked for particulars of this uncharacteristic conduct.
"She took from her handbag a paperback edition of Pride and Prejudice and sat on the sofa reading it, declining all offers of conversation.”
― The Shortest Way to Hades
Venetia’s 2025 Year in Books
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