“She was an expert at the art of sudden appearance.”
“She had never done these things before; she did them expertly. She had a capacity for action, a competence that clashed incongruously with her appearance.”
“She appeared to be ageless the type that would continue, unchanging, until she was an old woman when she would suddenly become senile and die”
“Meg, I’m not suddenly some kind of all-knowing dragon expert, you know.”
“The expert detective’s pursuit will go unnoticed, but not because he is unremarkable. Rather, like the suspect’s shadow, he will appear as though he is meant to be there.”
“Pretending to care what men think is an art. It takes moments to learn, but lifetimes to master. I’d like to believe I’m an expert.”