Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)

by Jacqueline Winspear

Stay with the question. The more it troubles you, the more it has to teach you. In time, Maisie, you will find that the larger questions in life share such behavior.”

Harraway, stay with the trouble

“No, it’s not ’im. That one’s full of the old bluster, all mouth and trousers, that’s Arthur. No, it’s not ’im.”

Now you, you’ll land on your feet; after all, ’avin’ brains is like ’avin’ money, even I know that.

I am interested in the moral sciences, sir. When you told me about the different subjects—psychology, ethics, philosophy, logic—that’s what I most wanted to study. I’ve already done lots of assignments in those subjects, and I like the work. It’s not so—well—definite, is it? Sometimes it’s like a maze, with no answers, only more questions.