Malinda

“In Summer there were white and damask roses, and the smell of thyme and musk. In Spring there were green gooseberries and throstles [thrush], and the flowers they call ceninen [daffodils]. And leeks and cabbages also grew in that garden; and between long straight alleys, and apple-trained espaliers, there were beds of strawberries, and mint, and sage.”
― Beatrix Potter

“The past is dead. She, as an archaeologist, knows that better than most. But she knows too that it can be seductive.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Crossing Places

“Courage, dear heart.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

“(That girl on the news never invited that man to touch her. All I can think about is how I wish she had had something savage coursing through her skin. God should have made girls lethal when he made monsters of men.)”
― Elisabeth Hewer, Wishing for Birds