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Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4) QUOTES

Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4) QUOTES

1 " If time was the means by which the universe prevented everything from happening at once, coincidence was the excuse it used when things occasionally did. "

― Mick Herron , Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)

2 " A waitress had joined the gathering throng; was cruising with a bottle of fizz, topping glasses, all bright-eyed and shiny. Sarah guessed someone had once told her her eyes were her best feature, because she was holding them open wider than natural. God, the hoops you had to jump through. It was a wonder foot binding had slipped off the agenda. She remembered Ginger Rogers' remark: that she'd made the same moves Fred did, only backwards, wearing heels. "

― Mick Herron , Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)

3 " lifestyle being what the rich had, instead of a life? "

― Mick Herron , Smoke and Whispers (The Oxford Investigations, #4)