What’s so romantic about permanently injuring an innocent tortoise and mutilating its shell with gaudy jewelry?
~ Brideshead Revisited, Part VI: “Julia”
Were they somehow under the impression that the rest of their animal products weren’t equally barbarous and unnecessarily cruel?
~ Brideshead Revisited, Part V: “A Blow Upon a Bruise”
How am I supposed to take the Christian themes seriously when this supposedly Christian family uses wealth, power, and deceit to help a guilty criminal evade proper punishment?
~ Brideshead Revisited, Part III: “The Bleak Light of Day”