Jonathan knew that most vampires did not live as lords and ladies in grand castles. Most lived as rats, hidden in the slums in cities, or out in the countryside as hermits, posing as holy men or witches.
Lavie Tidhar, Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels [Amazon, Publisher, Local Library]
There must be some sort of logic hidden here, but if there is, it’s beyond me.
Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hex [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
She prayed often. Her brain took refuge in rituals.
Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
A rubber-bodied toddler with a painted face and very red hair lay dead beside your knee and for some reason it was this that destroyed you, it was this that kindled within you something you had no hope of defending against. You howled in a purity of fright.
Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
Of such banality was grief made.
Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
This is all it takes for people to plunge into insanity: one night alone with themselves and what they fear the most.
Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hex [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
Then you went under to make war on Hell. Hell spat you back out. Fair enough.
Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
Nature is a mystery, but like so many mysteries, there’s almost always a logical explanation.
Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hex [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
A shock wave of horror shuddered through Memorial Hall as people realized how many of their neighbors and friends, in the safety of anonymity, had been seduced by sensationalism and gut feelings. There was cheering and there was anger, there were those who cried and those who screamed for a rebellion, but most were satisfied that justice had been done.
Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hex [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
“We’re all in this together,” she said, which was a typically Fifth assumption. The Ninth didn’t think anyone was in anything together, or if they were, they all had to disperse as soon as humanly possible to avoid splash damage.
Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
