Layla

“It was as though each of us—in separate and distinct ways—had been plunged back into the past. Fragments of old memories were coming back at unexpected moments... Old ghosts awoke, stirred angrily into life by this girl, like a wasp's nest struck with a stick.”
― Karen Perry, Girl Unknown

“sealing the pores were undertaken, famously with a horse. The poor animal was carefully varnished all over with several layers of shellac (the same solution that is used to varnish furniture) to ensure a complete seal, and died within hours. It was assumed that it had asphyxiated, thus ‘proving’ that the skin played an important role in respiration as well as perspiration.”
― Ruth Goodman, How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life

“To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make”
― Antony Beevor

“I think the human race is pretty rotten. The more I see of it, the more rotten it becomes”
― Jane Carter Woodrow, Rose West: The Making of a Monster