“ What New England is, is a state of mind, a place where dry humor and perpetual disappointment blend to produce an ironic pessimism that folks from away find most perplexing Willem Lange
“ He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a lack of affluence that might, literally, affect my purchase of rare vintages, and a… Anthony Powell
“ His mastery of the hard-luck story was of a kind never achieved by persons not wholly concentrated on themselves. Anthony Powell
“ The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered Dashiell Hammett
“ Character is just an invention, but it's an invention that serves as both reason and justification for our behaviour. - Broken Verses Kamila Shamsie
“ Vegard and Riston's job today was to guard and protect me. And considering that I was in a tower room in the Guardians' citadel, it looked like a pretty plum assignment. I mean, how much trouble could… Lisa Shearin
“ Was he hitting some type of werewolf midlife crisis? First, he'd left Wolf Town, and now he was envisioning a mate. What next? Bird watching? Board games? Retirement homes? Rose Wynters
