Quote by Eoin Colfer

“Why would that woman shoot me? We had dinner reservations later!”

— Gunter Vogler

“Butler struggled from a tiny fairy chair. “Right, enough talk. I think it’s time Mister Vassikin was introduced to my friend, Mister Fist.”

— Eoin Colfer

“I pulled my mind off the table and stared into the dimness beyond, and then I gradually saw the servants as real people, watching…

— Dodie Smith

“One wanted fifty pairs of eyes to see with, she reflected. Fifty pairs of eyes were not enough to get round that one woman…

— Virginia Woolf

“He hadn't spoken a word since they'd left the manor except to snap out directions, telling her which way to turn at a fork…

— Cassandra Clare

“...a row of tables manned by seated, serious women. Each woman looked like she could be someone's least-favourite aunt.”

— Adam Rex

“Here came the waitress. She had on a mini-skirt, high heels, see-through blouse with padded brassiere. Everything was too small for her: her outfit,…

— Charles Bukowski

“It was Anne who was before the table like a prisoner before the bar. She did not stand with her head bowed as I…

— Philippa Gregory

“Madame Thenardier was approaching her forties, which is equivalent to fifty in a woman...”

— Victor Hugo

“Aah, man. Forty-one was far too fucking old for love at first sight. He might as well throw himself at her feet and be…

— Kylie Scott

“Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler?”

— William Shakespeare

“When I saw her in the light she was quite an old woman, fifty years old at least. But I went ahead and did…

— George Orwell