Hinterland Hallucinations

“but women needed to be liked or they’d be in trouble. A woman who is not liked is a bitch, and a bitch can hardly do anything: all avenues are closed to her.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

“As the human species had expanded to the stars, history had expanded with them. Modern people were mostly concerned with the business of their own planets, their own principalities and systems. But there was still a little Earth history in the mix, a few things that would never fade from memory. Salmagard herself was from Earth, so she had a little more of that than most. But everyone knew the symbol of Nazi Germany when they saw it.”
― Sean Danker, Sons of Evagard

“It's not a gift, it's work. That's what you do when you have a dream.”
― Maurene Goo, Somewhere Only We Know

“It’s funny, that saying—I’d rather die. It’s funny because nobody means it. The truth is that when you’re facing death, there’s no telling what you’ll do.”
― Emily Suvada, This Mortal Coil