

“Aurelia was just about to take a sip of a mimosa when Mother Guardian snatched the flute away and promptly downed the drink in one gulp. Burping unashamedly, she said, "We can't have the validity of the marriage contracts jeopardized because the bride got rat-assed on her wedding day.”
― Taming Flame
― Taming Flame

“She plays it again, and his words release the last grip on twenty years of blame and resentment, of being right at any cost. The cost has been astronomical.”
― Every Note Played
― Every Note Played

“What he had to tell them was a story”
― Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
― Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

“If one does not react to gossip, the informer hushes more quickly.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“I wasn’t thanking him for the coin, or even for the trouble he’d taken in stopping to help me. I was thanking him for... well,
for something I’m not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
for something I’m not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
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