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“Death, mademoiselle, unfortunately creates a prejudice. A prejudice in favour of the deceased. I heard what you said just now to my friend Hastings. ‘A nice bright girl with no men friends.’ You said that in mockery of the newspapers. And it is very true—when a young girl is dead, that is the kind of thing that is said. She was bright. She was happy. She was sweet-tempered. She had not a care in the world. She had no undesirable acquaintances. There is a great charity always to the dead. Do you know what I should like this minute? I should like to find someone who knew Elizabeth Barnard and who does not know she is dead! Then, perhaps, I should hear what is useful to me—the truth.”
― The A.B.C. Murders
― The A.B.C. Murders
“Nick laughs. “What, so I’m the villain here?”
No,” I say. “Villains advance the plot. You’re just a second-act complication.”
― Pretty as a Picture
No,” I say. “Villains advance the plot. You’re just a second-act complication.”
― Pretty as a Picture
“There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.”
― The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line
― The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line
“Everything in this whole horrible world would be eight million times easier if we just said what we meant and meant what we said and sure, we would probably have to sacrifice drama and comedy and irony and suspense, but honestly, the time we saved might be worth it.”
― Pretty as a Picture
― Pretty as a Picture
2022 ONTD Reading Challenge
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