Emily

“Alas," murmured Poirot to his mustaches, "that one can only eat three times a day ...”
― Agatha Christie, Mrs. McGinty's Dead

“Looking out of the window at the infinite sky, I prayed out, 'Dear Baby Jesus, I am sorry for my sin, even though I do not know what they are, which seems a bit unfair if it is going to be held against me. But that is your way. And I am not questioning your wisdomosity. In future, however, would it be possible for my life to be not so entirely crap? Thank you.”
― Louise Rennison, Away Laughing on a Fast Camel

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

“Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.”
― Edith Wharton