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Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1) QUOTES

Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1) QUOTES

1 " If the old lady who’s been giving me tea and biscuits for twenty-five years is a trained assassin, I suppose I might like assassins after all. I might have very positive and warm associations with assassins. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

2 " He smelled of carbolic soap and tea, which Leo thought was the most honest thing in the world for a man to smell like, and he was never going to have tea or wash his hands without thinking of this man. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

3 " It was his professional opinion that all you had to do was scratch a snoop and find a blackmailer, and blackmail complicated matters dreadfully. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

4 " There had been a time when he thought of himself as an arm of justice, but now he knew he was more like a cat bringing home a mouse to leave on his owner’s pillow. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

5 " Cora, you’re going to give the poor man a fit,” Edith remonstrated. “He’s gone as white as a sheet. I’m too old to dig graves in the frozen ground. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

6 " He kept regular hours, avoided any human interaction more complicated than afternoon tea, and read for exactly thirty minutes before bed. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

7 " Leo was a weapon, and he didn’t care for the idea of being aimed by a stranger. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

8 " But finding out the truth wasn’t the goal—the truth was just another weapon, a knife to put in the right person’s hand, a grenade waiting to explode. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

9 " No.” Page laid a hand on his shoulder. “What you’re not going to do is talk about shell shock or combat fatigue or brain fuckery as if it’s a special treat that you haven’t earned. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

10 " This village,” James announced, “has too many damned secrets.” And with that, he stepped out into the snow. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

11 " That had made him very cross indeed, because all James wanted to do was keep his head down and avert his eyes from any unpleasantness, and here she was practically forcing him into action. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

12 " A stone in the prettiest, best-kept garden hid things one was better off not knowing—best for everyone not to lift that stone at all. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

13 " It’s only a matter of time before she stands for parliament or becomes a criminal mastermind, so you ought to give her some honest work to keep her busy. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

14 " IT WAS ADORABLE THAT Sommers thought he was involved with anything as straightforward as Special Branch. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

15 " James was quite confident that nobody had ever enjoyed a conversation with Colonel Armstrong as much as Leo Page was pretending to. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

16 " My head is a mess.” Page stepped closer. “That’s all of us, mate. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

17 " It looks like a gingerbread house assembled by a thoroughly mad child,” Page said. He took a puff from his cigarette and stepped a few paces to the side as if to survey the house from a different angle. “I love it. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

18 " Edith Pickering had the sort of austere features and fine bones that changed little with age. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

19 " Truly, though, the sort of help Mary needed was...basic. It was possible. She needed an au pair or a good housekeeper, whereas James needed a magical machine to clear away the invisible shrapnel that the war had left inside his skull. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

20 " And with two elderly ladies, the secrets couldn’t be so bad. "

― Cat Sebastian , Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)