Amanda Corbie

“Has some married man asked you to be his mistress? If so, give me his name and I will see to it that he disappears.”
― Amanda Quick, Quicksilver

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“The dangerous plant did not flower in every generation, they said. ”
― Amanda Quick, The Perfect Poison

“I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous [person], the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the [person] in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable.”
― Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird