Kindle Notes & Highlights
It didn’t matter how long you watched someone, spied on them, tried to learn their habits—you never really knew what was in their mind.
Lauren Larry and 1 other person liked this
The Queen of Fives.
She played a glittering game: lifting a man’s fortune with five moves, in five days, before disappearing without a trace.
the Château was a fraud house, a cunning firm, a swindler’s palace ruled by a queen. It made its business by cheating great men out of their fortunes. In the bureau stood the Rulebook, its marbled endpapers inscribed with each queen’s initials, setting the conditions of their games.
Calculate the number of minutes you wish to remain in a room. Subdivide that number into thirds. At the end of the first third, you must create a surprise. At the second, a crisis. At the third, you must depart, leaving your hostess desperate for you to stay.
Mina Richards liked this
“You think being trained in something equals the enjoyment of it,
sensitivity of any kind was a very loathsome quality in a gentleman.
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
For every kindness, a cruelty must be performed. For every truth, a lie...
speed is the enemy of prudence. You should wait a little
