Lyssa Sue Shaffer

“A flying hedgehog slammed into my front window”
― Seanan McGuire, Night and Silence

“Hoshan I experienced profound spiritual awareness,” he said slowly. “It began with a devastating recognition of my failures and shortcomings. Only when all my pride and arrogance had been stripped away did I experience divine compassion so infinite that it could forgive all my weaknesses and fill me with light.”
― Mary Jo Putney, The China Bride

“Perhaps the soul wasn’t a foundation but a mosaic composed of myriad small insights and transcendental moments.”
― Mary Jo Putney, The China Bride

“The enemy of fear is not courage,” Jahno translated for her. “The enemy of fear is love, for it is in loving others that we set aside our own personal fears, holding their safety and well-being as our highest regard.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Starless