Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #1)

by Jodi Taylor

Studying history opened doors to other worlds and other times and this became my escape and my passion.

Silence holds no fears for me. I never feel the urge to fill it as so many other people do.

But as Lisa Simpson once said, ‘It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.’

I was an historian and cautious and sensible were things that happened to other people.

It seemed very possible we would all be killed by idiots rather than villains, which would be typical.

You put dinosaurs and people together, you always get screaming.

I spoke very quietly because the more quietly you speak, the more people listen.

My fist, travelling at the combined speeds of rage and retribution impacted hard on her nose.

He was calm and soothing and had a reasonable explanation for everything. No woman should have to put up with that.