“Lyall's face went deadpan as he relayed the details, as those who are tortured or raped will become when they retell the pattern of abuse”

“I suppose that saves us from having to determine what to do with a butler who goes around killing people. It certainly reflects badly upon our domestic staff. Still, I shall miss him. There was a m...”

“She took a moment to lament her lack of parasol. Every time she left the house, she felt keenly the absence of her heretofore ubiquitous accessory.”

“I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.”

“Um, thanks, Jackson told her. And your name is?Im Margaret, Margaret Van Der Graaf, she answered with another eerie smile. Her teeth were so white that they looked bleached.Van Der Graaf? Jackson r...”

“Hero, said Machaon to his sister who was still muttering to her gods. Please stop. Surely the gods would have heard you by now lets try not to annoy them.”

“It was going to be our job to annoy someone? I knowits a dream come true!”

“Will that be all? I asked the pimply faced teen who ogled my exposed legs as if in heat. My pen tapped impatiently on the notepad while I waited for him to look up. Slowly his dull grey eyes roved ...”

“When you feel annoyed, when you feel pain, that's when you have the opportunity to meet and confront yourself. It is when we are most emotionally volatile that we expose our true selves. Unresolved...”

“George had turned at the sound of her arrival. For a moment he contemplated her, as one who had fallen out of heaven. He saw radiant joy in her face, he saw the flowers beat against her dress in bl...”