The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (Flavia de Luce, #9)

by Alan Bradley

possibilities are so much more thrilling than certainties—or

I was happy enough to be lumped with Saint Augustine, who prayed for purity—but, as he said, not yet.

“One hypothesizes certain fixed outcomes.

There is something about receiving Holy Communion which causes even the most jolly person to look as if their face has just been suddenly and unexpectedly starched and hung out on the line to dry.