“our lives are steered by uncertainties, many of which are disruptive or even daunting; but that if we persevere and remain generous of heart, we may be granted a moment of supreme lucidity—a moment in which all that has happened to us suddenly comes into focus as a necessary course of events, even as we find ourselves on the threshold of a bold new life that we had been meant to lead all along.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“The delay you are causing us by not forwarding scale drawings is embarrassing in the extreme.”
― The Devil in the White City
― The Devil in the White City
“Her death hit in waves. Not a flood, but water lapping steadily at her ankles. You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“There were many ways to be alienated from someone, few to actually belong.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
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