Arnetta Taylor

“However, the author and his editor and his publisher and the perpetually nervous folks in the marketing department are well aware that studies conducted by major universities (them again) indicate that between 39 and 57 percent of modern readers, who lead busy lives even if to no sensible point, have markedly less patience for character details than did readers in the time of Charles Dickens or, for that matter, in the time of Herman Wouk. Consequently, strategies have been developed to keep all readers, the patient and the impatient, engaged. One strategy is to divide long chapters into two shorter ones, wherever possible, to distract the reader from the amount of character detail and to contribute to the illusion of headlong suspense. That is why the material in this chapter was moved from Chapter Three, where it appeared in the first draft.”
― Dean Koontz, Going Home in the Dark

“We all have secrets, Raven. Dark ones. Each and every one of us. It doesn’t mean they’re ones you have to share, but sooner or later you’ll have to deal with them, or they’ll hold you back. The only way to move forward is to face your past.”
― Dannika Dark, Ravenheart

“By Malek, I fucking love you,” Xaden says.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“You can’t fool someone who doesn’t want to be fooled.”
― Karin Slaughter, Fallen