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

“We’re defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“There are boundaries in nature. There are rivers, forests, escarpments, ravines and mountain ranges; there are cellulose walls. But these boundaries are in fact areas of transaction, semi-permeable membranes. The notion that a perimeter should be impenetrable is a human contrivance alone.”
― Nick Hayes, The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us

“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