Lily

“The airport reminded Leamas of the war: machines, half hidden in the fog, waiting patiently for their masters; the resonant voices and their echoes, the sudden shout and the incongruous clip of a girl’s heels on a stone floor; the roar of an engine that might have been at your elbow.”
― John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

“Let us examine the case of rings. Rings have long been considered peculiarly suitable for this sort of magic by virtue of their small size.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“Strange a quite extraordinary number of books to read, and said that he expected him to have read them by the end of the week.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“He’s gone down to the farm. Looking at pigs and things always soothes him if he’s been upset.”
― Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library