Catherine Smith

“You've no idea how good an old joke sounds when you take it out again after a rest of five or six hundred years.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle

“Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“Where in the Bible does the young woman initiate a marriage?' Nobody asked bitterly.

'Ahem, well, now that you mention it, in the book of Ruth.”
― John J. Horn, The Boy Colonel: A Soldier Without a Name

“Remember, Bronner," Nobody said quickly, 'I am testing your abilities right now, not showing you how I would do it.'

'What if I wound you, sir?'

Edmund snorted from somewhere in the rigging.

Nobody smiled. 'Don't be afraid on that score.”
― John J. Horn, The Boy Colonel: A Soldier Without a Name