The Twisted Sword Quotes

“I am enceinte, gravid, pregnant, in pup, call it what you will. No doubt there are as many names for the production of a child as for the act which initiates it.”
― Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword

“Nampara Manor? It wouldn't do. It wouldn't be true. You don't elevate a thing by giving it a better name.”
― Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword

“When I met you I was an inebriate, half bankrupt squireen. You didn't know what a catch you were making!
I didn't know I was making any catch, said Demelza.
Ross rubbed his nose. I didn't know what sort of a catch I was making either. Dear Heaven, that was the luckiest day of my life.”
― Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword