Merlene Navratil

“What right had they to make me suffer like that?”
― Anna Sewell, Black Beauty

“Meggie dropped to her knees, scrambling frantically to collect the miniature clothes before more damage was done them, then she began picking among the grass blades where she thought the pearls might have fallen. Her tears were blinding her, the grief in her heart new, for until now she had never owned anything worth grieving for.”
― Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds

“Anyone who says "Trust me" is the last motherfucker you should ever trust.”
― R.D. Ronald

“And she was right. No matter how they tried, the two humans, with the cat but without the microchip, couldn’t connect to headquarters. Raya heard a loud popping sound in her mind, like a huge rubber band being snapped, like a glider plane released from a Piper Cub.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For