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“She shook off her sense of amazement, and tried to pretend she was watching a period play. There was a lot of flirting going on, plenty of fluttering of ivory fans and eyelashes. It was weird to think that in another two hundred years people would flirt by pole dancing, twerking, and sexting. The”
― A Murder in Time
― A Murder in Time
“No, this was the career I wanted; a writer could be employed for as long as she could hold a pencil; for as long as her mind still held out. But an actress—even an actress like Mary—had a fleeting shelf life.”
― The Girls in the Picture
― The Girls in the Picture
“Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.”
― The Miniaturist
― The Miniaturist
“All is in divine order.”
― Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
― Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
“Elaine said I could stop worrying about how my work was going to turn out.”
― Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
― Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
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