Madeline

“You go first :)” she typed back, with an uncharacteristic smiley—Hel wasn’t usually much of a one for emojis, but this wasn’t exactly a normal situation. “What’s your one lead?”
― Ruth Ware, Zero Days

“Then fail out of spite, but know this: if you don’t solve this problem by midnight in your final host, we’ll strip your memories and return you to the body of Doctor Bell and this will all begin again.”
― Stuart Turton, The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

“The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. —Anton Ego”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“To the girls who fell for the library before the beast.”
― K.A. Linde, The Wren in the Holly Library