Sharon

“Real hearts are nothing but trouble.
They break and bleed and bring their owners torment. But without them existence is hollow, only breath following breath.”
― Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

“I was not a child for whom things could be easily replaced.”
― Genevieve Jagger, Fragile Animals

“Gentleness is often mistaken for weakness, but the two are not even close cousins.”
― Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

“The plague doctor pivots, raises themself slightly on the arch of a heel as they lean in, their voice warm against the skin of my ear. There is a grin in their next words, a texturing of teeth bared, feral.

"How do you kill any religion? You convince its flock that their shepherds are wolves".

"And how do you plan to do that?"

"We find a Judas goat".”
― Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy