"And because of her sex, because of her age, because (perhaps) of her religion and her feminism, she could sit at their table every day and she would never, never, ever get in. Frankie had fallen in love not only with Matthew but with his group of friends. And she knew they didn't rate her as anyone important."

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.

One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be.

See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be

It's not objective. It's subjective.” Katya hooks her bra behind her back. “It's just what you think, not the truth.