(Mellifluous Grant)

“If we address stories as archaeological sites, and dust through their layers with meticulous care, we find at some level there is always a doorway. A dividing point between here and there, us and them, mundane and magical. It is at the moments when the doors open, when things flow between the worlds, that stories happen.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

“It was very difficult to recognize the monster for it was cunning and disguised itself well. Unless you looked at it closely, you might almost have taken it for a human being. Almost.”
― Mechthild Gläser, Die Buchspringer

“You seem pretty pleased with yourself,” he says, “for a woman who just found out she was the inspiration for Cruella de Vil.” I scowl at him. Charlie rolls his eyes. “Come on. I’ll buy you a martini. Or a puppy coat.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“Me? What about her SON, the Rake of Main Street? The ship of her disappointment in me set sail a long time ago. I’d have to do something WAY sluttier to let her down now. When she finds your stash of Bigfoot erotica under your race car bed, maybe the ship will circle back.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers