Natalie Spenser was giving a dinner. She was not an easy hostess.
It's money that brings trouble. It always has and it always will.
the calm of a place like Bellwood is the peace of death without the hope of resurrection.
I began to feel that if religion was either an illusion or a revelation, it was simpler to accept it as an illusion.
Useless as a pulled tooth.
[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper.