Literary Quote I Like

She didn’t seem to hear. “How many were in that car, Andrea?”

“I saw five, I think.”

“That is what I saw, too, and I have such very good eyes.”

“What was the license number of that car, Andrea?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t have time -- ”

“I did. D3827. And I have such a very good memory.”

“Julie, don’t, you’re frightening me. Why aren’t you crying?”

“I am, where you can’t see it. Come with me, Andrea, I’m going back inside the church.”

“To pray?”

“No, to make a vow. Another vow to Nick.”
--Cornell Woolrich, The Bride Wore Black