Lina

“He could not forget the touch of her arms around his neck, impatiently felt as it had been at the time; but now the recollection of her clinging defence of him, seemed to thrill him through and through,—to melt away every resolution, all power of self-control, as if it were wax before a fire.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them.”
― Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm

“You are full of pretty answers. Have you not been acquainted with goldsmiths' wives and conned them out of rings?”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“Dr. Kellet himself wore a three-piece Harris tweed suit strung with a large gold fob watch. He smelled of cloves and pipe tobacco and had a twinkly look about him as if he were going to toast muffins or read a particularly good story to her, but instead he beamed at Ursula and said, "So, I hear you tried to kill your maid?" (Oh, that's why I'm here, Ursula thought.)”
― Kate Atkinson, Life After Life