“ But it's the simple and the good that are meant to suffer in this world—ain't it, though! Sarah Waters
“ It made me giddy. It made me blush, worse than before. It was like liquor. It made me drunk. I drew away. When her breath came now upon my mouth, it came very cold. My mouth was wet, from hers. I said… Sarah Waters
“ Don't you be thinking,' she says, 'on things that are done and can't be changed. All right, dear girl? You think of the time to come. Sarah Waters
“ I felt that thread that had come between us, tugging, tugging at my heart—so hard, it hurt me. Sarah Waters
