Irne Greenleaf

“She was proud, in a way, that she could still smile as the delicious life she had been savouring turned maggoty in her mouth.”
― Lottie Hazell, Piglet

“I thought the curse of memory is this: Everything is ever present.”
― Anne Rice, Violin

“And what does a person with such a romantic temperament seek in the study of the classics? He asked this as if, having had the good fortune to catch such a rare bird as myself, he was anxious to extract my opinion while I was still captive in his office.
'If by romantic you mean solitary and introspective,' I said, 'I think romantics are frequently the best classicists.'
He laughed. 'The great romantics are often failed classicists. But that's beside the point, isn't it?”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“She is ‘wife of’ and ‘aunt of’; later she will be ‘mother of’ – perhaps some energetic young man whose achievements will never be traced back to she who birthed him. These claims upon her will only multiply – she will be mother-in-law, grandmother, widow, dependant – and accordingly her own person will be divided and divided and divided, until there is nothing left.”
― Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock