After the Armistice Ball Quotes

“That kind of flabby sentiment – thinking that there is good in everyone – is responsible for a great deal of harm.”
― Catriona McPherson, After the Armistice Ball

“Birth, death . . .?’ ‘And nappies, madam. Things men don’t do.”
― Catriona McPherson, After the Armistice Ball

“Dreadful fire at Reiver’s Rest,”’ she intoned with relish. ‘“Poor” – it’s Cara, isn’t it, madam? – “Poor Cara tragically lost. Staying in Gatehouse to comfort poor mother.”’ And so on. It became clear that the telegram was not her natural genre, but I managed in the end to remove most of the adverbs and settle on ‘perished’ as an acceptable midway point between her eulogies and my apparently shocking bluntness.”
― Catriona McPherson, After the Armistice Ball

“I loathe the grading of tragedy and the jostling for pre-eminence amongst the bereaved, that most disgusting example of the disgusting habit of claiming a starring role in any incident that touches one.”
― Catriona McPherson, After the Armistice Ball