Myron Garland

“At the door fo the dining-room he left us. 'Good night, Mr Jorkins,' he said. 'I hope you will pay us another visit when you next "cross the herring pond".' 'I say, what did your governor mean by that? He seemed almost to think I was American.' 'He's rather odd at times.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

“What are the chances you’d ever meet someone like that? he wondered. Someone you could love forever, someone who would forever love you back? And what did you do when that person was born half a world away? The math seemed impossible.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.”
― Louisa May Alcott

“There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.”
― Sylvia Plath