A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

by Deanna Raybourn

Men are seldom cheerful when they have been persuaded out of an emotional state into rationality. They are, in my experience, creatures of feeling rather than thought, and one must make allowances.

the fine line which marked peculiarity from madness was often simply a matter of wealth.

the first swallow having comprised equal measures fire and regret.