Linda

“the worst of it was that she had forgotten her book; she had nothing to read.”
― Madeleine St. John, The Women in Black

“You mean magic is predicated on hope?”
“Hope,” [Antryg] said, “and belief in life. We move blindly from second to second through time. Hope and magic both involve the casting forward of the soul. In a way, both magic and hope are a kind of madness.”
― Barbara Hambly, The Silent Tower

“I had not imagined you to have such a story to tell - you Australians are mysterious people, no one would guess that this is a place where people can also suffer. It is the constant sunshine, it hides everything but itself.”
― Madeleine St. John, The Women in Black

“A clever girl is the most wonderful thing in all Creation you know: you must never forget that. People expect men to be clever. They expect girls to be stupid or at least silly, which very few girls really are, but most girls oblige them by acting like it. So you just go away and be as clever as ever you can: put their noses out of joint for them. It's the best thing you could possibly do, you and all the clever girls in this city and the world.”
― Madeleine St. John, The Women in Black