36 Quotes by M.C. Beaton

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt.

I am not in the mood to have my underwear examined.

No one could remain an atheist with larks around, he thought dreamily.

A lady is as young as the gentleman she feels,” said Roy and cackled happily.

They were obsessed, taken hostage, or co-dependent – anything rather than admit they were not in control, for the very word “love” now meant weakness.

The other diners studied him with the polite frozen smiles the English use for threatening behaviour.

He fished steadily, trying to fight down a dragging, aching sense of loss, wondering how one’s brain should know all the sensible answers while one’s emotions longed for the unattainable.

Although she far outranked Hamish, she had to wait patiently, because this was Lochdubh, where Hamish Macbeth was king.

I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks: And when I’m introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun! – Sir Walter A. Raleigh.