Deanna Rasche

“Monster? Monster, you say?” He scratched his chest, blood dripping from what seemed to be an old wound. “No, my friend. I have SEEN real monsters. I have faced real darkness, heart beating out of your chest with death all around you. The stench of piss and shit as men empty themselves in their final moments. I have experienced real terror. Terror, a simple man like you, could never fathom”
― J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

“Natalie North thought she was all that. He wouldn’t let a good looking private detective take him down. Time to turn the tables, shut this Miss Natalie North up.”
― Nancy Mangano, Deadly Decisions

“Gratitude is the foundation for all human virtues. Gratitude is the cornerstone of
a person’s character and makes for an exceptional life.”
― Art Rios

“But why are we always the ones who have to suffer?” she cried out in indignation. “Us and people like us? Ordinary people, the lower middle classes. If war is declared or the franc devalues, if there’s unemployment or a revolution, or any sort of crisis, the others manage to get through all right. We’re always the ones who are trampled! Why? What did we do? We’re paying for everybody else’s mistakes. Of course they’re not afraid of us. The workers fight back, the rich are powerful. We’re just sheep to the slaughter. I want to know why!”
― Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française