“When I'm hung-over I try to imagine being old and look- ing back fondly on now, on this bit I'm currently living, and how in retrospect it might seem adventurous. In the future when I only ever sit in a chair because I'm too gnarled for pleasure or movement I'll remember when I stayed out all night and had life-changing conversations and walked all the way home because I lost my phone.”
― Weirdo
― Weirdo
“Buying loyalty can be as effective as fear when one’s rival is poorer than oneself.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“Embrace her. Embrace her darkness, and when it dawns, you will be stronger.”
― Saint Richard Parker
― Saint Richard Parker
“Dani regained consciousness, holding 12-year-old Orla’s hand, in the year 1751. Charles was holding the girl’s wrist, but let go immediately. Dani held on. They were standing in a square in the middle of a crowd of several hundred people, in front of a gallows.”
― Time Chain
― Time Chain
“Here in the Settlement of the Pale, life was hard, but in times of real trouble, Leah thought it was always worse for the Jews.”
― Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle
― Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle
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