Lynne

“If someone throws aside their pride and begs with all their heart, and if they do so in vain, then they are never quite the same person afterwards. Something in them dies, and something else comes to life.”
― Frances Hardinge, A Skinful of Shadows

“if I did not look directly at it, I felt certain I would not see it and if I did not see it then surely it could not exist.”
― Angela Slatter, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings

“It used to be black and white. It used to be more obvious. Nowadays? Everyone on this planet is tainted to some degree. Once upon a time, there were villains of a memorable –perhaps even admirable –scale. But now? Without contrast it’s hard to see the differences. I miss that –the delineation of great evil from banal nastiness.”
― Angela Slatter, Four Horrifying Tales

“You have permission to forget it, she’d tell him. Just for a minute, just enjoy your pillow, just rest, let it go. Close your eyes and sail away from troubles on a raft made of stars.”
― Andrew J. Graff, Raft of Stars