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“If she were to die tonight here in the Grove, she would go happily. Come what may, she would fight until she couldn’t and if death happened to take her hand, she would gladly walk with him and let the scent of pine, coffee and aftershave carry her into the afterlife. Tessa would walk through that Valley of Death.

She would fear no shadow, for that shadow and the valley were hers for the taking.”
― C. Alexis, Teeth So Sharp & Deadly

“The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Normally Halloween was like Christmas for me. I would anticipate it for weeks, decorating myself and the house, as well as strolling around the neighborhood, admiring everyone else's decorations. Nothing lifts my spirit like a scarecrow in the front yard.”
― Damien Echols, Life After Death

“Coffee and corpses, that's my life. Sometimes I hate being me.”
― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation