Amber

“She took the spyglass from a nearby shelf and held it to her eye. The world was a vast black emptiness, echoing like the mordant spaces between soul-wrought words...

Ned leaned across and removed the lens cap, and poetry became science again.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“I needed a book in case of emergencies."

"You mean like being attacked by foul-mouthed highwaymen?"

"No, I mean those moments when nothing important is happening, such as during travel. After supper. Before sleeping. Or whilst one's opponent reloads their gun.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“Nothing is easier than to admit the truth of the universal struggle to find a good parking space.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“We have only three laws in our Society, Cecilia. No killing civilians. Pour the tea before the milk. And no stealing each other’s houses.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels