Barristers Quote by Charles Dickens

“Clive with his tongue well-loosened, imagine my horror when he suddenly said, 'I wonder if I dare ask Vita a very indiscreet question?' and…

— Vita Sackville-West

“Sometimes, when I was sitting in the Crimson Cabaret on a rainy night, I thought of myself as occupying a waiting room for the…

— Thomas Ligotti

“You were like a cloud, you were just like a flower, then you were a lime, now our love is sour.”

— Paul Banks

“It was An­tho­ny Marston who dis­agreed with the ma­jor­ity. 'A bit un­sport­ing, what?' he said. 'Ought to fer­ret out the mys­tery be­fore we go.…

— Agatha Christie

“...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold -…

— Howard Carter

“While the Rumanian Radio was serializing (without my permission) How to be an Alien as an anti-British tract, the Central Office of Information rang…

— George Mikes

“I didn't trust it for a moment but I drank it anyway, the wine of my own poetry. It gave me the daring to…

— Lala 14th Century Persian Poet

“I’m quite certain that Mr. Drury will no longer be a problem.” She laughed again, though Robert could tell it was through tears. “Yes,…

— Cindy Anstey

“And you, Lord Bridgerton," she replied in a tone that could have frozen champagne, "are almost as handsome as your brother." Colin snorted again,…

— Julia Quinn

“I gave, at first, attention close; Then interest warm ensued; From interest, as improvement rose, Succeeded gratitude. 'Obedience was no effort soon, And labour…

— Charlotte Brontë

“Coloured lights splintered behind my eyes. For a few brief, blissful moments, all thought, all memory, dissolved like sugar in water. I was free.…

— Alexis Hall

“The markets of my memory were city markets, London markets, crammed into narrow streets or cobbled squares, with hoarse-voiced vendors hawking their wares and…

— Susanna Kearsley