Lata

“You were lost and so was he, from the sounds of it. And so was I, in fact. We were all just groping around in the dark, trying to find our way out of the tunnel. You did the best you could. You provided him with a safe place to go to and good food to eat.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)

“Call it mother instinct. I know immediately you need mother attention. And Robin, she desperately need grandmother attention.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man

“Stephen asked "Does he know I know?’ I said. ‘No, he doesn’t. Does he know you know? Who can tell?’
‘Does he know I know you know they know she knows you know?’ Stephen said.”
― Dick Francis

“in her fantasies, a generic bad guy would storm into her teahouse, maybe to rob her, and through her wit and charm and motherly kindness, she would help him see the error of his ways. she would them brew some tea for him and they would talk about where he went wrong and how to fix his life, and over the years, he would attribute every good thing in his life to Vera”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]