“There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.”
― Queen of the Flowers
― Queen of the Flowers
“One only has a few fragrant nights of spring. Store your memories for when you are old. You will enjoy them again under such a moon as this.”
― The Castlemaine Murders
― The Castlemaine Murders
“Ice cream was reliable. Young men were not.”
― Murder in the Dark
― Murder in the Dark
“Even when you have learned not to look at families nor listen to them and have learned not to answer letters, families have many ways of being dangerous.”
― A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
― A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
“... with all the sweetness of a chocolate-coated razor-blade.”
― Flying Too High
― Flying Too High
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