“I remembered a piece of sisterly advice, which Feely once gave Daffy and me:
"If ever you're accosted by a man," she'd said, "kick him in the Casanovas and run like blue blazes!"
Although it had sounded at the time like a useful bit of intelligence, the only problem was that I didn't know where the Casanovas were located.
I'd have to think of something else.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
"If ever you're accosted by a man," she'd said, "kick him in the Casanovas and run like blue blazes!"
Although it had sounded at the time like a useful bit of intelligence, the only problem was that I didn't know where the Casanovas were located.
I'd have to think of something else.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“Tell them we may not be praying with them," Father told the Vicar, "but we are at least not actively praying against them.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
“There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?”
― The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
― The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
“Books are like oxygen to a deep-sea diver," she had once said. "Take them away and you might as well begin counting the bubbles.”
― I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
― I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
“Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
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