“The thin veneer of respectability came off him like wet paint.”
—M. P. Shiel, “The Place of Pain”
I like words, and more, words that are used well. This is where I collect them. Most I come across in the works of other authors, but on occasion I find some in the wild myself.
“The thin veneer of respectability came off him like wet paint.”
—M. P. Shiel, “The Place of Pain”