Splendors and Glooms Quotes

“You know how it is. Someone pretends to love you, and you give too much away.”
― Laura Amy Schlitz, Splendors and Glooms

“He pried Clara's arms loose and stood up, smoothing his wrinkled coat. Clara looked straight into his face. Her eyelids were red, but her gaze was like a lance. Dr. Wintermute had a sudden, uncomfortable conviction that she had seen into his soul. It was a look he was to remember often in the weeks to come.”
― Laura Amy Schlitz, Splendors and Glooms

“Dr. Wintermute beheld Mrs. Pinchbeck befeathered, beribboned, crinolined, corseted, frizzled, and festooned, though not wasted.”
― Laura Amy Schlitz, Splendors and Glooms

“Cassandra’s skin crawled. “But that was only a story.” She spoke lightly, trying to regain the ground that she had lost. “My fire opal is real. Demons and bottle imps-they’re things in stories. You wouldn’t be frightened by a story, would you?” Parsefall shouldered his pillowcase and stepped away. “How do you know we ain’t in a story?” he demanded, and was out of the door before she could think of a response.”
― Laura Amy Schlitz, Splendors and Glooms

“It’s a mystery where your daughter’s gone, and a mystery where the other two’ve gone,”
― Laura Amy Schlitz, Splendors and Glooms