Clergyman's

“I wasn’t ready to be done. Emma’s birthday was the next week. I was going to sit her on my knee and tell her about the time I went to Italy with Julia, long before we had kids. Long before we got married, for that matter. I saw a painting that looked just like Emma; the girl in the painting was a beautiful, regal queen. I wanted Emma to know she was a queen.”If ghosts could cry, Mr. Grumpy would be crying. He looked at Richard. “Do you think she knows she is a queen?”
— Clare Bohning

“I think women sign on for some ideal when they get married, and when they realise they haven’t got anything close to what they want, they bury their disappointment.”
— Bella Pollen

“I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone’s wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time.”
— Stanis?aw Lem