Three separate but equally lovely quotes - from "Emotionally Weird" by Kate Atkinson.
"And what happens when we reach the end of infinity? And what color is it? That's the question. What do we see when we stand on the terrace of infinity?"
~ Professor Cousins.
"The thing I had seen was Bob, deep in conversation with one of Archie's postgraduate students, a young woman who was built like a pencil and whose doctoral thesis (Losing the Plot) was on Finnegan's Wake, thus making her totally unsuitable for Bob."
~ Effie.
"It's impossible, as we all know, to fall asleep to the sounds of someone else's lovemaking (except for possibly Bob's) and so we had to wait out {the roommate's} denouement. ('What are they doing for so long?' Bob puzzled.)
To pass the time, Bob suggested a game ... Eventually we settled on 'The Minister's Cat Went Shopping' ('The Minister's Cat went down to town and bought an Aberdeen Angus cow,' and so on), and by the time our downstairs neighbors had finally finished fornicating, the poor cat was trying to maneuver a large walnut wardrobe through the door of the manse."
~ Effie.
Too damn good not to share.
~ Professor Cousins.
"The thing I had seen was Bob, deep in conversation with one of Archie's postgraduate students, a young woman who was built like a pencil and whose doctoral thesis (Losing the Plot) was on Finnegan's Wake, thus making her totally unsuitable for Bob."
~ Effie.
"It's impossible, as we all know, to fall asleep to the sounds of someone else's lovemaking (except for possibly Bob's) and so we had to wait out {the roommate's} denouement. ('What are they doing for so long?' Bob puzzled.)
To pass the time, Bob suggested a game ... Eventually we settled on 'The Minister's Cat Went Shopping' ('The Minister's Cat went down to town and bought an Aberdeen Angus cow,' and so on), and by the time our downstairs neighbors had finally finished fornicating, the poor cat was trying to maneuver a large walnut wardrobe through the door of the manse."
~ Effie.
Too damn good not to share.