C. S.

“At bottom, Conan Doyle for the Defense is a story about class identification: those snap judgments, themselves dark diagnostic instruments, that in every age are wielded to separate 'us' from 'them.”
― Margalit Fox, Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer

“When you write a story you're not trying to prove anything or demonstrate the merits of this case or the flaws in that. At its simplest, what you're doing is making up some interesting events, putting them in the best order to show the connections between them and recounting them as clearly as you can.”
― Philip Pullman, Dæmon Voices

“Very slowly, like a mighty sequoia beginning the first step towards resurrection as a million Save the Trees leaflets, Detritus toppled backwards with his mug still in his hand.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

“Jesus can make beauty from ashes, but the family of God must first see and acknowledge the ashes.”
― LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation