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121 " As Joan of Arc probably said: “Build a girl a fire and she’s warm for a few minutes. Set a girl on fire and she’s warm for the rest of her life.”’ I "
― Jodi Taylor , A Second Chance (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3)
122 " chaos of the first few weeks unravelled into order and routine and we began to get the hang of things. The mornings were mostly devoted to lectures on temporal dynamics, pod procedures "
― Jodi Taylor , Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
123 " If I ever retire, I’m going to buy a house in the centre of town somewhere and name it Sea View, just to give people something to worry about. "
― Jodi Taylor , No Time Like the Past (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #5)
124 " This had once been a garden. Beautiful glazed pots stood against the walls but now were cracked, crumbling, and contained only dead bushes and weeds. A broken wooden bench had been overturned and lay forlornly on its side. Perhaps even gardens were considered sinful. "
125 " To look away when something terrible is happening does not mean that the terrible thing ceases to happen. Someone "
― Jodi Taylor , What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #6)
126 " I could take the panel off and have a look. Then I could shrug my shoulders and replace the panel. There were tea bags with more electronic know-how than me. I could see no way round it. I was fucked. Strangely, I found the conclusion quite liberating. When you’re fucked, you’re fucked. Things really can’t get much worse. "
127 " If it’s any reassurance, after what he’s drunk today, I don’t think he could even raise a smile, let alone anything else. "
― Jodi Taylor , The Nothing Girl (Frogmorton Farm, #1)
128 " Well, you don’t snore like bathwater going down the plughole.’ We listened some more. ‘It’s very – loud.’ ‘He certainly sleeps with enthusiasm. "
129 " I avoided Thomas Hardy because everyone should, and anyway, I was depressed enough. And Dickens. I’ve never liked Dickens. I laughed like mad when Little Nell died. "
― Jodi Taylor , A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #4)
130 " It's all very well having these emotional moments, but eventually after two cups of tea, someone has to go to the bathroom. "
― Jodi Taylor
131 " The ground never opens up and swallows you when you need it to. "
132 " We need to be clear on this. I don’t like children. There isn’t an orifice that doesn’t exude something unpleasant. Sometimes, all of them exude simultaneously. "
133 " The sensible thing to do would be to depart. Immediately. Therefore, we stayed. Actually, I don’t think wild horses could have dragged us out of that room. We’re historians. When it comes to sensible thinking, someone else has to do the heavy lifting. "
― Jodi Taylor , Roman Holiday (The Chronicles of St Mary's #3.5)
134 " Jenny, I’m so sorry. I think I may have encouraged you to marry a madman.’ ‘Yes, we’re going to be discussing this later. Oh. "
135 " A few days later, Peterson and I were called to his office, handed the familiar file folders, and told to get on with it. And to take Mr Markham with us. I didn’t enquire, but I definitely got the impression that bringing him back was a bit of an optional extra. "
136 " Groups of men stood around, discussing politics, finance, and their favoured chariot teams: all the things men talk about. You could easily substitute football for gladiators and business suits for togas: nothing changes. "
137 " Tell me, sir, when you first set up St Mary’s all those years ago – all that effort and expense – did you ever think it would be like this?’ He poured me a glass of something and pushed it across the desk. ‘Dr Maxwell, I expended a very great deal of money and effort to ensure that St Mary’s ended up exactly like this.’ I grinned and raised my glass. ‘Good job, sir.’ He inclined his head, graciously accepting his due. ‘Thank you, Dr Maxwell. "
― Jodi Taylor , An Argumentation of Historians (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #9)
138 " Thanks to you I’ve involuntarily increased the radiation protection of my biosuit quite substantially. "
― Jodi Taylor , And Now For Something Completely Different (The Chronicles of St Mary’s, #9.7)
139 " In the unlikely event of anything going wrong, we will certainly never know anything about it. "
― Jodi Taylor , The Very First Damned Thing (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #0.5)
140 " Something writhed inside me and for a moment I was back in those long dark days when my world was so small I couldn’t even stand up in it. "