Wendy, Lady Evelyn Quince

“If you don’t love your characters who else will?”
― Teresa Denys

“I work the terraces, Miss Jones. I bring forth the champagne and the wine. I ensure that the chateau remains a perfect example of French architecture. I pay the wages of the workers. I give the orders and flourish the phantom whip, but I am only the caretaker of Satancourt and its cellar.”
― Violet Winspear, Devil in a Silver Room

“Because seeing you open up again is like seeing a garden in the snow."

He kissed her ear again. "When I moved here, I asked Lilka to design me something. She's the artistic one. She said, 'I love Chicago, but I hate the winter. I miss the flowers. That's what Pd love to see — flowers in the snow— like a miracle.' So that's what we did. And every year she'd tell me, 'Listen, Ty, you're cynical, but miracles do happen.' She's right. They do. And you're my miracle.”
― Bethany Campbell, Snow Garden

“We ate slowly, looking at each other the whole while, silent, anticipating, savoring the sensations building, mounting inside. Utterly enthralled I watched him eat chicken, his strong white teeth tearing the flesh apart, and it was thrilling, tantalizing. I observed the way his neck muscles worked when he swallowed his wine, and that was thrilling, too and I watched with fascination as his large brown hand reached out, fingers wrapping around a fuzzy golden-pink peach, clutching it. He took up a knife and carefully peeled the peach and divided it into sections and ate them one by one, his brown eyes devouring me as he did so. The tip of his tongue slipped out and slowly licked the peach juice from his lips…”
― Jennifer Wilde, Angel in Scarlet