Autumn Quote by Natasha Pulley

The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.

— Horace Walpole

A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.

— Rudyard Kipling

“Nobody wants a house in Osaka,' he said, and it was strange to hear him switch suddenly to foreign pronunciation in the middle of…

— Natasha Pulley

“What's that?' Thaniel said, curious. The postmarks and stamps weren't English or Japanese. 'A painting. There's a depressed Dutchman who does countryside scenes and…

— Natasha Pulley

“Mori looked across and was, briefly, a languageless, inhuman thing rescued from the sea and asked for an impious favour.”

— Natasha Pulley

“The creeping sense that he might have seen him reading the book came up from the ground, but that was more anxiety than evidence.”

— Natasha Pulley

“Is it white wine? Red tastes like vinegar.' 'Of course it's white wine, I'm Japanese.”

— Natasha Pulley

“I'll give you a cake if you get him in the stream by the end of the afternoon,' Mori said to Six. 'Hold on,'…

— Natasha Pulley

“Six saw a caterpillar.' 'What kind?' 'Green, with purple and white zigzags.' 'I see,' Thaniel said slowly. Liking children did not keep him from…

— Natasha Pulley

“In Japan, first names are only for who you're married to, or if you're being rude,' the watchmaker explained.”

— Natasha Pulley

“When they returned to Filigree Street, Mori refused even to go upstairs. Instead he hid under a quilt in the parlour with Thaniel's never-read…

— Natasha Pulley

“I'm a Buddhist. You might have a Christian obligation to catch pneumonia while you sit for two and a half hours listening to some…

— Natasha Pulley