Jacquelyn E Bean

“This couple had named their first two children after themselves. Was the third child’s name, Mari, also given a family name? If so, it was likely to be a grandmother. Another potential clue.”
― M.K. Jones, Line of Descent

“Ideology, same as religion, provided its followers with a sense of superiority. Each group and subgroup, and each subgroup of the subgroup, thought it was better than everyone else, smarter, more deserving, and had the right to dictate to others what they should and shouldn't think. Even in the West, freedom of speech was becoming a joke. Unless you toed the line, you were not allowed to express your opinion in public.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Operative: A Shadow of Death

“Grieving was a long process, and it never really went away. She had learned to live with hers, and so would Ronja, but it would take time. The misery came and went in waves, and sometimes it crashed over the griever like a tsunami, obliterating the progress that might have been achieved and sending her back into the pits of despair.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Power Convergence

“Building in California was expensive everywhere, even inland, and not only because of the land cost. The state and its various cities charged insane amounts for the numerous permits and fees they demanded, nearly doubling the cost of construction and pricing decent housing out of most people’s reach. No wonder it had the worst homeless crisis in the States.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Overlord New Horizon