“As he started 'Whisky and Gin' and the cheering and the shrieking filled my senses, I thought of Mama, shattered by the war and Papa's death and I wished with all my heart that she could understand how it felt… — Eva Rice Copy Share Image
“One would never write a single word if one knew the horrors that lay ahead,’ agreed Charlotte. ‘But if you sell copies by the… — Eva Rice Copy Share
“As he started 'Whisky and Gin' and the cheering and the shrieking filled my senses, I thought of Mama, shattered by the war and… — Eva Rice Copy Share
“yet it was just as it is when you go back to a place from childhood – both exactly the same and quite different.” — Eva Rice Copy Share
“The thing is, baby, you don’t have long,’ he said. ‘We don’t have long. Dancers are like dragonflies – in one day, dead in… — Eva Rice Copy Share
“Mama was amazing like that; I spent most of my teenage years assuming that she knew nothing about me, and all of my twenties… — Eva Rice Copy Share
“If I could take people out of their heads for a little while, if I could give them a dose of fantasy, that was… — Eva Rice Copy Share
“There's never any warning that something extraordinary is about to happen, is there?” — Eva Rice Copy Share
“But wonderful people nearly always combine their wonderfulness with other characteristic that can drive on utterly crazy” — Eva Rice Copy Share
“Would it ever, ever leave? I had become used to the ache now; it was with me all the time, and never seemed to… — Eva Rice Copy Share
“The odd thing about Mama was that she liked to think of herself as a doomy sort of person, but there was a natural… — Eva Rice Copy Share
“Men, I thought, were more trouble than they were worth. Really, one should stick to books where one sees the hero coming a mile… — Eva Rice Copy Share
