Robin

“We looked like a girl gang that would have the Queen as our leader, all low heels and no-nonsense curls.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

“I was just reaching for my knitting needles when Mary Alice gripped my arm.
"Play nice," she murmured.
"I wasn't going to kill him," I muttered back. "But a little light stabbing might teach him some manners."
"Focus on the job. I'll trip him when we get inside," she promised.
"That's real friendship," I told her.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

“Ike thought one of the worst things you could give a man was a clipboard. He'd been at the mercy of men with clipboards. They could keep you out of a gated community or on a bus to prison. Give a man a clipboard and watch his true nature come out.”
― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears

“He offered her his arm and they walked down the aisle together, towards the window. His window. It showed timelessness, and recovery and hope. It didn't stop her feeling terribly for the young man in the attic room and the innocent girl in her flat, and even the other one, who suffered such terrors before she died, but it gave her the strength to walk calmly and capably back into the busy castle, where she was the center of its turning world.
In two days she and half the Household would head back to London to prepare for the State Opening of Parliament. Life very much went on. One did what one could. Right now, it was absolutely time for a little gin.”
― S.J. Bennett, The Windsor Knot