Annie

“Of course I was exaggerating. But it is agreeable sometimes to talk in primary colours even if you have to think in greys”
― Eric Ambler, The Mask of Dimitrios

“It’s strange how many people suffer from it. I don’t mean fear of closed spaces and fears of heights, but fear of death and what’s worse, fear of life”
― W Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge

“I don’t enjoy your beauty any the less because I know how much it owes to the happy combination of perfect taste and ruthless determination”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge

“I prefer the simplicity of his mind to the false enlightenment of yours”
― George Sand, The Devil's Pool and Other Stories