Christopher Shoe

“When we left the church, my father's old mistress invited me to go home with her. She clasped a gold chain round my baby's neck. I thank her for the kindness; but I did not like the emblem. I wanted no chain to be fastened on my daughter, not even if its links were of gold.”
― Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

“   In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian’s college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“we should see what was there, and know what was what, and be much less frightened than by only seeing bits of things that we can’t understand.”
― Anna Sewell, Black Beauty

“before”
― James Clavell, Whirlwind