ML Downie

“i have faced murderous lunatics, poisoning, blizzards without shelter, vicious witches, scottish food - yet never, never has my heart thumped as frantically as then.”
― oscar de muriel

“dawn was thinking about breaking, at the stage where it was rolling about under the sheets after its alarm had gone off, weighing up the pros and cons of getting out of bed.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, Quite Ugly One Morning

“large black dogs can be a dark omen, did you know that? they foretell death, just like banshees do, and they follow you, and if you but look at them in the eye you are condemned.
still I´d rather see a dog when the time comes. the soft fur and the glassy eyes and the friendly bark of a playful hound, to take me gently to the realms of heaven.”
― Oscar de Muriel, A Mask of Shadows

“all the same, there were some things they needed to learn:
do not drink milk after a thunderstorm, for it will certainly be sour.
always leave out seeds for the birds when the first snow falls.
wash your hair with rosemary.
drink lavender tea when you cannot sleep.
know that the only remedy for love is to love more.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic