Sara Sheridan Quotes
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Sara Sheridan Quotes
“Food in wartime Britain, she had to admit, was hardly inspiring.”
“He tasted of whisky and his skin was rough where he hadn’t shaved, but Mirabelle kissed him back.”
“Why, that means you’re just a … busybody. You could be anyone. You could be a journalist.’”
“I like you in green,’ he said. ‘You look as if you’re a very beautiful imp.’”
“She curled sideways into the milky light of the bedside lamp and began to read.”
“Whereas Mirabelle is tall, thin and sad, Vesta is physically and emotionally her opposite.”
“A chap wouldn’t hole up in Occupied France just to get away from his wife, Vesta.”
“A chap’s impending death has a way of focusing the mind.”
“This investigation felt difficult, like driving in fog.”
“Mirabelle sat down, dropping into the cushions like a ball being caught in a large leather glove.”
“She picked up the stout and took a sip. It slid down her throat like silk.”
“Some women will do anything for a glass of champagne and a safe bed.”
“Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French.”
“It was nearly ten years since the peace though her memories of the war still felt fresh.”
“Afternoon drinkers shifted in the gloom as if they sensed new blood.”
“Mirabelle was always an enigma, and he had the sense that if he pushed her, she’d bolt.”
“The sound of pencils taking notes provided a low scrape and hum, almost like radio interference.”
“Covert operations relied on the unguarded slip, the unconscious choosing of one word over another.”