Jonathan

“The clergy nowadays seldom included the weather in their prayers....”
― Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

“A few green leaves can make such a difference.”
― Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves

“Nobody is really so orderly, so perfect. To have a house like that says more about what's wrong with you than any decrepit dump. Those people with perfect houses are simply obsessed with death. A house that is so well maintained, furnished with good-looking furniture of high quality, decorated tastefully, everything in its place, becomes a living tomb. People truly engaged in life have messy houses.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“Presumably older women shouldn't drink, she thought, or women of a certain age. But what might that age be?”
― Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves