Gretchen Roach

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Marti Healy
“Do you believe a place can have its own distinct rhythm? I do. Just as surely as the pulling of tides. Just as meaningful as a beating heart. And just as mysterious as the throaty purr of a well-stroked cat. I believe every place has its own unique rhythm. And I believe we are either in or out of sync with it.”
Marti Healy, The Rhythm of Selby

Allie Ray
“Nothing passes in a small town.”
Allie Ray, Inheritance

Will Dean
“What saves me is people. Strangers. Old women. Shopkeepers. Young lovers and milkmen doing their rounds and window cleaners with ladders fixed on top of their vans. Individuals oblivious to one another and yet, in a way, they act like insurance. An invisible web. Nothing too bad will happen on the street of a small town like this because people are everywhere. If something heinous occurs, then it's likely to be short-lived. Terrible acts are more difficult to conceal in a place like this. Someone will eventually step in or call the police. Horrors can still take place, but people look after people even though they might never think of it that way.”
Will Dean, The Last Thing to Burn

Catriona Ward
“People who have lived together for many generations share a special kind of madness.”
Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

J. Ryan Stradal
“People here liked to say they rooted for the underdog, but some of them got real quiet when the underdog was different from them.”
J. Ryan Stradal, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

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