Dancey Johnson

“Huge tureens of puréed chestnut soup with truffles were carried in and served to each guest, filling the air with a rich earthy small. Then the servants brought in ballotine of pheasant, served with cold lobster in aspic and deep-sea oysters brought up the river by boat that morning. Our own foie gras on tiny rounds of bread was followed by 'margret de canard,' the breast meat of force-fed ducks, roasted with small home-grown pears and Armagnac. There was a white-bean cassoulet with wild hare, a haunch of venison cooked in cinnamon and wine, eel pie, and a salad of leaves and flowers from the garden, dressed in olive oil and lemon.”
― Kate Forsyth, Bitter Greens

“Females are complicated, wonderful creatures.”
― Katie Reus, Sentinel of Darkness

“Every time a character enters or exits, the relationships between the remaining characters changes. So should the dialogue.”
― Tom Leveen, How To Write Awesome Dialogue! For Fiction, Film and Theatre: Techniques from a published author and theatre guy

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth," he added dreamily, not in the tone of the conversation.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment