Emily Ann Meyer

“It seemed as though all the vigorous instruction of the past month was evaporating before her mind’s eye. All the physical training — self-defense, disguise, fitness — seemed irrelevant here, a short flight of whitewashed steps away from her first assignment. And what sort of spy craft could she need?”
― Y.S. Lee, A Spy in the House

“because I’m suddenly freezing. Anger has a way of burning enough to keep you warm, but when you let it drain away, the absence of that heat leaves you bleak with cold.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.”
― Abigail Van Buren

“Or we of the tribe who delude ourselves into thinking the Orioles will one day win the World Series!”
― Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Latecomer