Stella

“Doran set it in front of her with a grin that made her want to slap him so hard his grandkids would feel it.”
― Melissa Landers, Starflight

“Scoot over," she whispered.
The mattress shook with his movement.
"A little more," she said.
"If I get any closer to the wall," he hissed, "I'll have to buy it dinner.”
― Melissa Landers, Starflight

“The herd instinct of the mob was not yet as offensively powerful in public life as it is today; freedom in what you did or did not do in private life was taken for granted - which is hardly imaginable now - and toleration was not, as it is today, deplored as a weakness and debility, but was praised as an ethical force.”
― Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday

“Cheating death was exhausting.”
― Melissa Landers, Starflight