Ashley Lauren

“There was nothing more promising than the first stage of a new expedition. Everything was possible in that moment; there was no past, no future, only that hollow in time when everything paused.”
― Deanna Raybourn, A Murderous Relation

“Our dead are only weights on our backs when we won't let them walk beside us, when we try to pretend they are not ours or they are not dead.”
― Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds

“Sometimes she craved a little danger. And that was why she had book club.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“If there were a button that would end the world, and that button were right in front of me, I would have smashed it so hard at that moment. I often thought about a button like that, and when I did, I always knew that I'd push it.”
― Kevin Wilson, Nothing to See Here