Had come to London for a reason, not to enjoy anonymity and solitude whilst eyeing the wider horizon.
Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising.
Sólo los ladrones y los niños corren.
I stood by the fire, everyone around me so cheerful, and thought what an odd creature I am – even I know that. Too much space and I’m frightened, too little and I’m frightened. There is indeed no comf...
That’s how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be...
She'd had a terrible time with his brothers' wives : seeing her with them was like watching someone pet a cat against its fur.
Margaret grasped on to the magic of novels because they held out hope that Mary—and she herself—might yet have a chance at marriage. While my own experience of life was limited, I knew such a thing wo...
It seemed to me that the baker had an honest response to the painting. Van Ruijven tried too hard when he looked at paintings, with his honeyed words and studied expressions. He was too aware of havin...
It is less distracting in the silence, she said. Sustained silence allows one truly to listen to what is deep inside. We call it waiting in expectation.
I had not yet been down to the cellar where I was to sleep. I took a candle with me but was too tired to look around beyond finding a bed, pillow and blanket. Leaving the trap door of the cellar open...
At first I could not meet his eyes. When I did it was like sitting close to a fire that suddenly blazes up.
In the cartoon of Sight. It
You know I don’t listen to market gossip, she began,but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.
Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me.
I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.
Say something worth the words.
نپرسیدم تا چه حد برای گرفتن این اطلاعات خودش را به خطر انداخته. زیر لب گفتم، « متشکرم پیتر. » برای نخستین بار بود که نامش را بر زبان آورده بودم.به چشمانش نگریستم و مهربانی را در آن ها دیدم. در عین حال...
The grandeur false if you were not grand yourself.
Pinetums
Not of this world,