“Don't raise your expectations too high. It's the surest way of being disappointed.” Quote by Mary Louisa Molesworth
“kindnesses have wings and roots ... wings that never droop, and roots that never die.” DiesKindnessRootsWings Author:Mary Louisa Molesworth
“Do any of us understand ourselves? all the different selves that each of us is?” DifferentSelf Author:Mary Louisa Molesworth
“Alcoholism plus criminality plus whatever caused both in the first place form a combination that is very nearly happy-ending-proof.” FirstsFormCrimeProofCombinationPlusAlcoholismHappy EndingsCriminality Author:Ariana Franklin
“Crime, after all, can be a way of establishing identity or acquiring security - at least the magistrate addresses you by name.” WayNamesSecurityCrimeIdentityAddressesMagistrates Author:Ariana Franklin
“Obviously, not everybody who dies becomes a ghost, otherwise those who are psychic would be aware of shouldering through deep crowds of assorted shades every time they moved.” Would BeDiesMovedCrowdsGhostShadePsychicsAssorted Author:Ariana Franklin
“Ghosts cannot be put on the witness stand, or have their fingerprints taken. They are completely proof against proof.” TakenProofGhostWitnessFingerprints Author:Ariana Franklin
“Like most women, I remember my first drink in tender minutiae.” FirstsRememberDrinkDrinkingAlcoholismMinutiae Book:Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood Source: Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood