Delphine Felps

“Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me--and I long to mention it myself, I start subjects leading up to it, and then feel myself going red. I keep swearing to myself not to speak of him again- and then an opportunity occurs and I jump at it.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Do what you love, and the money will follow.”
― Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

“Do you think my father killed her, Nick?” “No,” I said. “Why should I?” “Well, the police have— Listen, she was his mistress, wasn’t she?” I nodded. “When I knew them.” She stared at her glass while saying, “He’s my father. I never liked him. I never liked Mamma.” She looked up at me. “I don’t like Gilbert.” Gilbert was her brother. “Don’t let that worry you. Lots of people don’t like their relatives.”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man

“Blessings and worry, happiness and fear – this is a mother’s love.”
― Lisa See