Sara Jane

“What a waste,” Hecate said, and Hades wondered if she was more upset that there was no particular drama to this case. Then she yawned. “But you know I do not go out in the daylight.” “Are you saying you would forgo the chance to punish a false oracle who sacrifices cats for divine favor?” Hecate cringed noticeably. “How criminal. I’ll be ready in ten minutes.”
― Scarlett St. Clair, A Game of Retribution

“Books were safe. They had plots that followed predictable patterns, beginnings, middles, and endings. Usually happy, though not always. But if something tragic happened in a book, you could just close it and choose a new one, unlike real life, where events often played out without the protagonist’s consent.”
― Barbara Davis, The Echo of Old Books

“Beneath each faded jacket and scarred board is a life, a noble deed, a bruised heart, a lost love, a journey taken. —Ashlyn Greer, The Care & Feeding of Old Books”
― Barbara Davis, The Echo of Old Books

“When regimes lose the Mayflower-Compact-like cooperation of their people, their power evaporates, and, although they may stave off defeat with violence for a while, it cannot save them.”
― Hannah Arendt, On Revolution