The Retro Reader

“I tended to group people into two groups: one that values politeness over honesty, and the other exactly opposite.”
― Felix Blackwell, Stolen Tongues

“Writing's a long, slow process. It affords me so little pleasure I often wonder why I make the effort.”
― Mary Downing Hahn, Look for Me by Moonlight

“He stopped several feet away, assessing them with one smooth glance, and in that instant Miranda could have sworn she saw something flicker in his dark, dark eyes. Curiosity? Confusion? Whatever it might have been, in the very next second it was gone, replaced by polite detachment.”
― Richie Tankersley Cusick, Starstruck

“Like a ghostly vision, a stone gatehouse arched high over the road, and as Jenny gazed at it in surprise, a tall shadow pulled slowly from the niche in the wall and calmly blocked their way, keeping just beyond reach of the headlights.”
― Richie Tankersley Cusick, Silent Stalker