Beth Henderson

“I’d swept the whole thing first with a regular broom and then with the besom grandma had made me when I’d turned sixteen, cleansing the shop and kitchen of all negative energies. I’d sprinkled salt and sage along all the windowsills and across the doorways and cleaned the glass in all of the windows with a mix of sun water, and vinegar that I’d steeped citrus peels in, to add to the positive energy and vitality of the bakery. It felt renewed, clean, and happy.”
― Colleen Vanderlinden, Ace of Wands

“a book, a cup of tea, and no company; that was Cecilia’s idea of heaven.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“If that Alpha wanted to dash off into the jungle with a mysterious goddess on her back on a whimsical evening run in the middle of a prospective battle, they would go with her.”
― Gail Carriger, Prudence

“Her mother set her fork down on the table, so carefully that she might as well have thrown it.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless