Lanora Crowder

“Mary stared at the dreamlike happenings on the page. Human figures faced each other; the man’s head was a golden ball with rays reaching up to huge stars and out to the distant mountains; the woman’s silver head was sickle-shaped and surrounded by birds like eagles with white beaks. Some of the black letters glowed because they had tips like tiny flames.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“Why do they say that positive emotions prolong life? That is exactly true, because they physically provide the body with vital energy, and on the opposite side of the equation negative emotions burn the energy.”
― Alexander Morpheigh

“I envy him for it, sure he’s dreaming of Cassie.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“As well, for a young woman, you carry yourself with a special kind of dignity and grace, a quality of confidence and self-assurance that I find most appealing and is not often found in someone your age.”
― Amanda Adams, The Voyeur's Yacht