What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

by Alan Bradley

‘It is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts,’

If there’s one thing a girl needs to know to succeed in the world, it’s the ability to turn on the tears at will. Tears are the only known acid that eats away at the male ego, and it’s important to know how to summon them in seconds.

Time stolen from children can never be repaid.

It’s called trust, and it’s often the hardest thing we are called upon to do in our lives.

There are moments you know you will remember until the sun and all the stars burn out, and this was one of them. Sometimes we don’t appreciate, or even realize at the time, our most cherished moments, so that when we do, we do so with regret.