Rosemary

“Was it boredom or sadism that made the shirt service people do up every single button?”
― Ian McEwan, Amsterdam

“... the sort of smiles used at weddings, turned on very carefully to half pressure to prevent them wearing out.”
― R.C. Sherriff

“Both men accepted that the nature of the request, its intimacy and self-conscious reflection on their friendship, had created, for the moment, an uncomfortable emotional proximity which was best dealt with by their parting without another word.”
― Ian McEwan, Amsterdam

“There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.”
― Ian McEwan, Amsterdam