Josephine Tey, The Daughter Of Time Quotes

One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it isn't, of course. It's a small niggling thing.

Grant had dealt too long with the human intelligence to accept as truth someone's report of someone's report of what that someone remembered to have seen or been told.

Alan Grant: "There are... far too many words written. Millions and millions of them pouring from the presses every minute. It's a horrible thought." The Midget (his nurse): "You sound constipated.