Justice Hall Quotes

“Men do, I've found, accept the most errant nonsense from a well dressed woman”
― Laurie R. King, Justice Hall

“Ma'alesh; no matter; never mind; what can you do but accept things as they are? Ma'alesh, your pot overturned in the fire; ma'alesh, your prize mare died; ma'alesh, you lost all your possessions and half your family. The word was the everyday essence of Islam - which itself, after all, means "submission.”
― Laurie R. King, Justice Hall

“I felt instantly at home, and wanted only to dismiss Alistair, along with the rest of Justice Hall, that I might have a closer look at the shelves.I had to content myself instead with a strolling perusal, my hands locked behind my back to keep them from reaching out for Le Morte D'Arthur, Caxton 1485 or the delicious little red-and-gilt Bestiary, MS Circa 1250 or.... If I took one down, I should be lost. So I looked, like a hungry child in a sweet shop, and trailed out on my guide's heels with one longing backward glance.”
― Laurie R. King, Justice Hall

“Life has ill-prepared me for finding any enjoyment in a press of merrymakers.”
― Laurie R. King, Justice Hall

“I find folk wisdom to be a somewhat overrated commodity,” Holmes retorted. “It generally fails to take into account the workings of cause and effect.”
― Laurie R. King, Justice Hall

“In reflecting back the respect others had for the name and the title, this child had already begun to take into himself those qualities which justified the respect.”
― Laurie R. King, Justice Hall