Megan

“Maura stayed quiet, taking it in, while Nina rambled on anxiously. “I mean, I did hear that the primary debate had shifted the conversation in Congress,” she said, “but I can’t believe that it’s gotten this far, this fast.” Nina looked at Maura. “Are you okay?” she asked softly. “Am I okay?” Maura asked. “First I have to watch that smear campaign against short-stringers masquerading as a TV show, and now this? The president just created two classes of citizens, based on strings.”
― Nikki Erlick, The Measure

“Nothing was ever free, and looking for the easy way out would always bite you in the end. That’s what the fairy tales were about. That was the real truth of them. But sometimes it wasn’t so bad to be bitten.”
― Juliann Whicker, Love, Death, And Dragons (Dragonlord of Death, #1)

“This is the story of a cat adventurer who solves mysteries, beginning with the tale of the vanishing fish snacks,” he announces. “May I read it to you? Talsu has heard this one before, of course, but it’s one of his favorites, so I’m sure he won’t mind the repetition.”
― Casey Blair, A Coup of Tea

“the allure of history lay in the minutiae of life long ago, the untold secrets of ordinary people.”
― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary