Cheese!" I exclaimed. It was a secret prayer, whose meaning was known only to God and to me.

I'm at that age where I watch such things with two minds, one that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.

I remembered that Beethoven's symphonies had sometimes been given names... they should have call [the Fifth] the Vampire, because it simply refused to lie down and die.

Mother Goose!I have never much cared for flippant remarks, especially when others make them, and in particular, I don't give a frog's fundament for them when they come from an adult.

While you've been gadding about the countryside, we've held a meeting, and we've all of us decided that you must go.'In short, we've voted you out of the family, ' Daffy said. 'It was unanimous.

There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?

Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.

Your employees are your warriors

Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.

There are two schools of thought. A manager would tell you that must make them realize you're a dedicated actor and I took a totally different route than that. I never ever took myself seriously.

Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg.

I give this book 5 Stars and highly recommend it to all fiction, nonfiction, and poetry writers, aspiring writers, bloggers or journalists.

I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.

During my first pregnancy, I spent a lot of time worrying about how big I was getting and how I would lose it afterwards.