14 quotes found
“It's amazing what the discovery of a corpse can do for one's spirits.”
“Love is love, wherever you may find iteven when it's covered in feathers.”
“Love is love, wherever you may find it—even when it's covered in feathers.”
“True charity, I had had discovered, consists of swallowing an invisible flaming sword.”
“You can learn from a glance at anyone's library, not what they are, but what they wish to be.”
“Growing up is like that, I suppose. The strings fall away and you're left standing on your own.”
“Dreamless nights, I knew, can be the most troubling, since you come back not knowing where you've been or what you've done.”
“As anybody with two older sisters can tell you, a closed door is like a red rag to a bull. It cannot go unchallenged.”
“I do not encourage early morning chirpiness, even in those whom I know and love. It is generally a sign of a sloppy mind, and is not to be encouraged.”
“How could I tell Clarence that finding another dead body was anything but dreadful? On the contrary: it was thrilling; it was exciting; it was exhilarating, it was invigorating; to say nothing of e...”
“I could tell he was becoming sulky, as boys and men do when they're caught bluffing. And I ignored him, as girls and women do when they catch them out.”
“Giving someone the benefit of the doubt is not so simple as it sounds. What it means, in fact, is being charitable--which, as the vicar is fond of pointing out, is the most difficult of the graces ...”
“I want to know who I am before it is too latebefore I am no longer the same personbefore I become someone different. Although there are days when this seems a furious race against time, there are o...”
“I want to know who I am before it is too late—before I am no longer the same person—before I become someone different. Although there are days when this seems a furious race against time, there are...”
