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01Undated

You know how thick I am. I don't even eat yoghurt because it's got culture in it.

Elly Griffiths / quote

02Undated

You need a break, a complete rest, recharge your batteries.' Recharge your batteries. What the hell does that mean? Nelson prides himself on not needing batteries. He's an old-fashioned, wind-up model.

Elly Griffiths / quote

03Undated

There's a pleasure being mad that only the madman knows.

Elly Griffiths / quote

04Undated

He might be living on mice, but Chesterton does not look like an animal who is governed by his appetites. He's an ascetic, if Cathbad ever saw one.

Elly Griffiths / quote

05Undated

When she bought the cats her mother asked her straight out if they were 'baby substitutes'. 'No,' Ruth had answered, straight-faced. 'They're kittens. If I had a baby it would be a cat substitute.

Elly Griffiths / quote

06Undated

Peter is suffering from an attack of nostalgia, she knows the symptoms. She mustn't join in otherwise she'll be swept away too, drowning in a quicksand of the past.

Elly Griffiths / quote