Angela

“They merely fell into marriage, which, after all, was the highest form of public validation he could possibly give to a mindless act of sex with a woman he didn’t know.”
― Elizabeth George, For the Sake of Elena

“Grace had called Ellen a dry little prune who’d be lucky to give it away for free disguised as a hat, let alone sell it or marry it off.”
― Lyndsay Faye, Seven for a Secret

“Elections decide which horde of rats gets to gnaw at the bones.”
― Lyndsay Faye, The Gods of Gotham

“Both citizens and noncitizens bribed by the Party by means of jobs and liquor cast as many illegal ballots as they can in a single day, after which said votes will be either tossed in the river or purposefully miscounted.”
― Lyndsay Faye, The Fatal Flame