Sharon Smith

“Books on World War II appear spontaneously in any house that contains a man over a certain age. I believe that’s science.”
― T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones

“Odin is best left out of this. We’re not sure what his intentions are. He’s not himself these days. His head has been turned by many new worshippers. Of the wrong kind.’ Jacob thought about that for a bit. The wrong worshippers for Odin. ‘You mean white supremacists with valknuts tattooed on their man boobs?’ ‘I do,’ she said. ‘Your wits seem intact in some matters.”
― Elizabeth Knox, The Absolute Book

“Ladies who lurch.”
― Kate Atkinson, Started Early, Took My Dog

“Courtney was astonishingly reckless. A kid without reck was a dangerous thing. Other children in the play park yelled and screamed and laughed but Courtney was merely determined to test everything, including herself, to the limits, like a dogged little crash-test dummy.”
― Kate Atkinson, Started Early, Took My Dog