Joanne

“Taking another life, she had whispered, even a guilty one, should never be easy. If it were, we'd be little more than animals.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Kiss of Deception

“My people believe bathing weakens you,” Gerrard said. “But my people are well known to be uncivilized.” “Your people don’t believe in drinking coffee. That’s a fair definition of uncivilized.”
― Melissa McShane, Emissary

“it’s because you’re a different person, every time you re-read a book, and you learn things your earlier self wouldn’t have noticed or wouldn’t have cared about. Or sometimes it’s just because the story is an old favorite, and it’s a comforting reminder of good things.”
― Melissa McShane, Servant of the Crown

“Maybe there was no one way to define it. Maybe there were as many shades of love as the blues of the sky.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Kiss of Deception