Angela

“Jeers and obscenities trailed after us like optimistic pickpockets.”
― Lyndsay Faye, The Fatal Flame

“People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.”
― Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

“Both citizens and noncitizens bribed by the Party by means of jobs and liquor cast as many illegal ballots as they can in a single day, after which said votes will be either tossed in the river or purposefully miscounted.”
― Lyndsay Faye, The Fatal Flame

“He might well have gone on to bow with a flourish had not the precarious position of his codpiece precluded any sudden movement.”
― Elizabeth George, A Suitable Vengeance