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“Leaves have fallen onto the snow like punctuation marks. They've held on for so long, but winter gets to us all in the end.”
― Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

“Us crones need to sit and stick together. Maidens think they know everything when they have learned nothing. Mothers aren’t much better. The crones, though. Crones know. That’s why people are so scared of us, try to keep us invisible. But that’s when we have the most power. They can’t stop us if they don’t see us. We slip through the net. We’re like ghosts through locked doors.”
― Alexandra Benedict, Murder on the Christmas Express

“Beast lay by my feet, gnawing on a bone Sean had given her. Through the day she had upgraded his status from kill on sight to suspicious to the man with delicious treats who can't be trusted.”
― Ilona Andrews, Clean Sweep

“Loneliness has a compass of its own.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing