““For now," Amelie said. "Take her home. And -- " "Say nothing -- yes, yes, I heard you the first seven hundred times," Myrnin said, much too sharply. "I'm ancient. I'm not deaf. " Amelie's cold expression deepened, and her gray eyes took on an unpleasant reddish glitter. "Do you think I find this a joking matter?" "Maybe you should," he said. "And maybe you should have cut off the old man's head when you had the chance. Absolutely no one would have argued with that choice. Merely walling him up, to increase his suffering and create an example -- that was unmerciful, and, worse, it was sloppy. I believe that flapping sound you hear is pigeons, coming home to roost.””
![“Have you noticed how [Lady Whistledown] describes me?' 'Er, it's almost always favorable, isn't it?' His hand began to wave again - rather dismissively, in her opinion. 'Yes, yes, that's not the point,' he said in a distracted voice. 'You might think it more the point,' Penelope replied testily…” quote by Julia Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/432/julia-quinn-282_quote_have-you-noticed-how-lady-whistledown-de_1518161.jpg)
![“Sorry, old girl," I said to [my bicycle] Gladys in the gray dishwater light of early morning, "but I have to leave you at home." I could see that she was disappointed, even though she managed to put on a brave face. "I need you to stay here as a decoy," I whispered. "When they see you leaning…” quote by Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e95/alan-bradley-1571_bicycle_sorry-old-girl-i-said-to-my-bicycle-glad_1653870.jpg)
![“Quand le doigt montre le ciel, l’imbécile regarde le doigt. [When a finger is pointing up to the sky, only a fool looks at the finger.]” quote by Jean-Pierre Jeunet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ba5/jean-pierre-jeunet-18813_amelie_quand-le-doigt-montre-le-ciel-l-imb-cile_457812.jpg)
![“Morely: You're trying to make me [i]Amelie[/i] Oliver: Goodness, no. You'd look terrible in a skirt” quote by Rachel Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0c7/rachel-caine-217_amelie_morely-you-re-trying-to-make-me-i-amelie_657242.jpg)
