“All suburban housing developments look alike, and besides, every Yankee who ever crossed the Potomac except Ulysses S. Grant got lost as soon as he reached the Virginia side.” Washington Dc Book:The Shanghai Factor Source: The Shanghai Factor
“No use wasting Christian kisses on a heathen idol’s foot,” Mallory said. “That must be Kipling,” Macalaster said.” Page 28 Book:Shelley's Heart Source: Shelley's Heart
“The day was now extremely bright as the diagonal rays of the sun reflected from the film of unmelted snow that still stuck to the ground.” Page 6 Book:Shelley's Heart Source: Shelley's Heart
“Eight years before, after a tumultuous election campaign, Mallory had defeated an inept and unpopular but liberal President by tactics that people like the dean regarded as kicking a man when he was down: he had pointedly ignored an appalling personal scandal that swirled round the incumbent and dwelled caustically on the man’s virtually unbroken string of disastrous policy mistakes.” PoliticsElectionsPresidential Campaigns Book:Shelley's Heart Source: Shelley's Heart