James

“When faced with our worst nightmares, we don’t tend to think new thoughts.”
― Brittany Cavallaro, A Question of Holmes

“I am being rational, she said, lower. Being a woman with a contrary opinion does not render me hysterical.”
― Brittany Cavallaro, The Case for Jamie

“Look at this!” he said, turning to an old man who happened to be pushing a cart nearby. “Look at it!” The old man hurried away. “Horace, you’re scaring people,” I said, drawing him close. “It’s only cheese.” “Only cheese!” he said. “Okay, it’s a lot of cheese.” “It’s the pinnacle of human achievement,” he declared seriously. “I thought Britain was an empire. But this—this—is world domination!”
― Ransom Riggs, A Map of Days

“When things were going wrong, it was so easy to imagine that everyone knew, that everyone was talking about it. But nobody cared nearly as much about your life as you did.”
― Brittany Cavallaro, The Case for Jamie