Ghazal Shaikh

“Much as I hate to break you two up…” Daciana coughed delicately from the doorway. “We have a visitor.” She eyed my new outfit and grinned. “You look phenomenal. Very intimidating and ‘Bringer of Death.’”

Thomas groaned as I stepped out of his grasp, then shot his sister a withering glare Aunt Amelia would have been proud of. “Bringer of Death is what the villagers will label me if you continue to ruin all of our clandestine moments, Daci. Go entertain your visitor on your own.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Hunting Prince Dracula

“Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“It seemed an awful thing for a medical tool to be called a breadknife when its purpose was to carve into specimens and not baked goods.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Hunting Prince Dracula

“The truest evidence that any civilization ever leaves behind about itself is its art. Art never lies.”
― Waldemar Januszczak, Understanding art