Rubie Koelling

“If the Agency could become a container for something neither Anna nor Mary had known before: a family. Now, without Caroline depending on her, Anna was alone. It did not taste good. There were voices inside: I am risking everything; I could lose everything.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“our long-lost paradise with all the aching, poison-sweet memories it holds”
― Iain Banks, Complicity

“My name is Jenny,’ the prototype curtly informed Theodore, with a stance that advertised her statement to perfection.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“If one does not react to gossip, the informer hushes more quickly.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master