She was a picker-up of unconsidered quotations

[bunnyjadwiga]

"Well, it seems like a miracle to be able to look forward - to - to see all the minutes in front of one come hopping along with something marvelous in them, instead of just saying, Well, that one didn't actually hurt and the next may be quite bearable if only something beastly doesn't come pouncing out."
-- Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon

Comments

[tattycat]

That is certainly something to ponder on, being a person of the latter persuasion myself.

[montuos]

Harriet Vane was a very lucky woman, wasn't she.