Elise Blackwell

“But of course Anton turned out to be brave and strong, and so he died while he was still unlikable.”

“The astute journalist had commented that Russians enjoy themselves without smiling, always taking their pleasure sadly.”

“By July we had strawberries, red currants, raspberries, veal, dill, baby turnips, marrow. Mussolini resigned, and Italy capitulated. Roses could be had.”

“She was a woman who cared more about what she was right about than about being right.”

“A man is ruled by appetite and remorse, and I swallowed what I could.”