
“I want you to tell your aunt that she must convince your uncle to get a telephone installed. They are too old to live out there with no way to communicate with the outside world.”
― Just Out Of Reach
― Just Out Of Reach

“Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.
(L'Invitation au Voyage)”
― Les Fleurs du Mal
Luxe, calme et volupté.
(L'Invitation au Voyage)”
― Les Fleurs du Mal

“The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds a house, but the reader makes it a home.”
― Between the Lines
― Between the Lines

“«Io vorrei Dio. Si può?»
Mi sento come un cretino. «Certo che si può. È quello che credi tu.»
«Però io non voglio soltanto crederci. Voglio che sia vero.»”
― The Time Traveler's Wife
Mi sento come un cretino. «Certo che si può. È quello che credi tu.»
«Però io non voglio soltanto crederci. Voglio che sia vero.»”
― The Time Traveler's Wife

“To think how thrilled she was when she took the job to have to sign the Official Secrets Act. It seemed so deliciously cloak and dagger, and she thought she'd become privy to important national secrets, or at least something interesting. But it's all piffle, baffling as hell and twice as boring.”
― A Particular Man
― A Particular Man
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