Marie

“There was a danger that the words might become unravelled and rewoven into something new after so many softly spoken passes, but anger had bred an engineered precision into the swell of vowels and consonants, and there was no confusion at all in the message.”
― Natalie Fergie, The Sewing Machine

“the silence broken only by the tap of rook and pawn as they battled for victory in the hands of men.”
― Natalie Fergie, The Sewing Machine