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“A liar is always lavish of oaths.”
― Pierre Corneille

“I imagined a book that was both written and curated. I wanted readers to see my research, to explore the archival mix, connect with the material, and draw their own conclusions.”
― Alexis Coe, Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

“The nights were advantageous, too. After they kissed their families goodnight, it was expected that they would share a bed, their bodies close, their movements obscured under the covers.”
― Alexis Coe, Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

“If Alice had a post-engagement policy, it was to pass.”
― Alexis Coe, Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

“In the mind of the public, she seemed endowed with an almost supernatural power to commit heinous acts, no matter the time or place.”
― Alexis Coe, Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

“The family's butcher made a brief appearance, recounting the time he called Alice a tomboy. Her damning reaction? She did not balk, testified the butcher.”
― Alexis Coe, Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

“But the rhetoric of deviance was far from extinct.”
― Alexis Coe, Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

“The next time he would join them on the battlefield, it would be to destroy them.”
― Alexis Coe, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

“When France experienced its own, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, he did not step down from power, but rather declared himself emperor. Years later, he would say, “They wanted me to be another Washington.”13 But he couldn’t be. No one could.”
― Alexis Coe, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

“offer the commander in chief of the Continental Army (which one imagines he said while miming scare quotes)”
― Alexis Coe, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington