An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6)

by Deanna Raybourn

There will always be men who rally to the cause of another man in his moment of disgrace simply because they fear their own so deeply.”

For some, grief was a devil, to be shut out upon the doorstep and ignored. But the notion of accepting that it would be a constant visitor in one guise or another seemed to me the beginning of wisdom.

Death is part of life, child. It is not the end. It is not even the middle. It is merely a doorway. Alice is no further away from me than if she had stepped into the next room.”