The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)

by Laurie R. King

Yet another example of the man’s obtuseness, this inability to know a gem unless it be set in gaudy gold.

Guessing is a weakness brought on by indolence and should never be confused with intuition.’

‘Madam, there is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain, but to face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of facts is the noblest route possible for a human being.’

Bitterness is an aftertaste that comes when the sweetness has had time to fade,

You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool as well were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing.’

‘That’s what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.’

‘The lines are written; we must speak them,’

see which of your paths I