“Julian presented the food. A fillet of sea bass with perfect griddle marks and a scattering of fennel picked from a nearby hedgerow. There were caramelized carrots, baby la ratte potatoes and a garnish of roasted tomatoes that had made a brief appearance in a painting that afternoon.”

“...they did not come down hard on Leone because she had murdered her lover. It was because her sister was a nun.”

“Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.”

“Your tears only water your weeds”

“The longest way round is the shortest way home.”

“Classic fairy tales do not deny the existence of heartache and sorrow, but they do deny universal defeat.”

“Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection.”