“to be vulnerable is a strength most of us fear. It takes courage to let down your armor, to welcome people to see you as you are.”
― Divine Rivals
― Divine Rivals
“Would you happen to know if that is buried here also, Mr Underwood?’ ‘Which skeleton would that be?’ She blinked. ‘I do not understand you.’ ‘There have been . . . a few,’ he admitted. ‘But it is a very old house, Mrs Bainbridge. There is no cause to be alarmed.”
― The Silent Companions
― The Silent Companions
“Death, once conceived, was rapacious. It took all with it.”
― The Silent Companions
― The Silent Companions
“As someone whose life had mostly been spent in the service of sharing words, Fern was enjoying keeping them to herself for a while.”
― Brigands & Breadknives
― Brigands & Breadknives
“Even when the world seems to stop, threatening to crumble, and the hour feels dark as the siren rings … it isn’t a crime to feel joy.”
― Divine Rivals
― Divine Rivals
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