“It is fine to say ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ It is admirable. But it no longer applies when you’re eighty. When you are eighty, whatever doesn’t kill you just ushers you through the next door, and the next door and the
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“A gentleman does not openly work for pay, does he?”
― Murder in Grosvenor Square
― Murder in Grosvenor Square
“Nothing changes, Vasya. Things are, or they are not. Magic is forgetting that something ever was other than as you willed it.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale
“A lady should never marry a man without knowing he is a spy.”
― The Dark Enquiry
― The Dark Enquiry
“Marriage is not always bliss, but it does not have to ruin one completely.” Donata sighed.”
― Murder in St. Giles
― Murder in St. Giles
“It is amazing what a woman can do if only she ignores what men tell her she can’t.”
― India Black
― India Black
Tracy Grant Book Club
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Discussions of the Malcolm and Mélanie Rannoch series; the Charles and Mélanie Fraser series; the Lescault Quartet; and the other fabulous works from ...more
Historical Mystery Lovers
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