Urn Burial Quotes

“Phryne was feeling most displeased with a species to which, she reminded herself, she belonged.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Urn Burial

“It took determination to be really strange. That, or absinthe before breakfast every day.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Urn Burial

“Oh wondrous,' murmured Lin Chung. 'Oh, water, mistress of earth, valley spirit, eternal feminine!'
'Taoism again?' Phryne leaned close to hear what he was whispering.
'From the "Tao Te Ching." The old Master should have seen this. All made by water, the female, cold, moon principle.'
'Yin,' said Phryne. 'This is the womb of the earth.'
'Indeed.' He took her hand. 'Completely foreign to all male, hot, sun creatures.'
'Like you?'
'Like me. Yang can only admire and tremble.'
'Come along.' She led him into the centre of the huge space. 'We don't want to get lost in the earthmother's insides.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Urn Burial

“The butterfly danced on the flower.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Urn Burial

“The burden of care, which had made him resemble a Presbyterian Minister about to rebuke sin, had lifted from him, and he now looked like one of those rosy-cheeked and benevolent bishops who handed out dispensations like confetti in the days before Luther had taken all the fun out of religion.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Urn Burial

“Phryne watched as a male chest was bared by skilled hands, to be mouthed and kissed by… Another man.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Urn Burial

“He looked like a kobold who had just been told that he was mythical.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Urn Burial