Mignonette: A Novel
A source page for quotes linked to Marjorie Bowen.
“They were all people whom I either knew too well or whom I didn't wish to know at all...”
“Does one ever see any ghost that is not oneself?”
“Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return.”
“Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself.”
“What a rope of sand we are without a leader.”
“It is more difficult ... to rule the King's favorites than for the favorites to rule the King.”