flowersandstripes

Sunday would have been Granny's birthday. I didn't manage to post this before she died but I think her final months expressed how tr...

Instead of 'I sit here writing with my feet in the sink...' it's 'I sit here posting about Chocolat whilst eating some delic...

In amongst all that angst there was the hope of this.... 'But some day I'm going to find somebody and love him and love him and neve...

I read Charlotte Grey in 1999 and stored this quote away to give me perspective when fretting over affairs of the heart and to try to make m...

How can we have Paris in July without a little champagne? 'He was on familiar terms with everyone with whom he drank champagne, and he d...

'He felt assured of his welcome, however, when he saw the studied half-light in the salon and noticed the almost invisible table from wh...

'There is no doubt a new dress is a help under all circumstances.' Noel Streatfield quoted in Vogue September 2002 As this blog is c...

I'm enjoying reading Ripening Seed by Colette for passages like this. Although it is making me want to be on holiday, by the coast, in F...

As well as collecting quotes from novels in my note books there are also a few from newspaper articles. This one is from The Times (2oth Nov...

So, to get ready for Paris in July it feels as if one should look right. 'I strolled through a grove of dress material and found myself ...