But catch a metaphysical quirk, and let vanity and dogmatic assertion stand sponsors and baptize it a truth, and then raptures, extravagance, and bigotry itself are deities!
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
The womenfolk must have read something in his eyes, or caught something in his tone that pleased them: for the midwife's mouth had a peculiar quirk and the other women all burst out laughing.
"The Emperor of Portugallia"
Selma Lagerlof
It was an illusion, a psychological quirk.
"Sjambak"
John Holbrook Vance