Michelle L

“If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.”
― Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

“Who’s to say what a ‘literary life’ is? As long as you are writing often, and writing well, you don’t need to be hanging-out in libraries all the time.
Nightclubs are great literary research centers. So is Ibiza!”
― Roman Payne, Cities & Countries

“When love is not madness it is not love.”
― Pedro Calderon de la Barca

“Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail...”
― Sophie Kinsella