From the Ashes Quotes

“A sharp breeze cut through the fog, stirring the veil, slicing through wool and cutting to the bone.”
― Sabrina Flynn, From the Ashes

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself,”
― Sabrina Flynn, From the Ashes

“For murdering a Negro woman? The police all but accused my wife of harlotry.” “There’s good and bad everywhere, and a whole lot of grey, Mr. Cottrill. It just so happens that I know where to find all the colors. As I said, I’ll see that he hangs for his crimes.”
― Sabrina Flynn, From the Ashes

“Every day for the past month, he had walked the harbors, looking for a single cutter. It was a dim sort of hope, the kind that inflated his heart with the piercing of a needle.”
― Sabrina Flynn, From the Ashes

“I’m afraid your arm will need sewing.” “Better my arm than my throat.” “I should like a full account.” “As payment for your medical services?” “If you like.” “It depends on the neatness of your stitch.” “Agreed.”
― Sabrina Flynn, From the Ashes

“I’m told diamonds are the primary cause of blindness in women,” Riot observed.”
― Sabrina Flynn, From the Ashes

“Riot nodded to the boy. “Our letter writer could very well be a fanciful amateur with a taste for dime novels. What do we know about Mrs. Kingston besides the newspaper’s flowery drivel describing her as a ‘fair-haired, wilting feminine flower of San Francisco society’ whose honor is in grave danger?”
― Sabrina Flynn, From the Ashes

“The street was a sad state in daylight. Electric signs and red lights resisted the brightness of life, stripped of their luster in the colorless day. But in darkness and mist, they pulsed with vibrancy. The streets thrived in a cloak of obscurity, and men took comfort in anonymity. At night they were a motley bunch, a throng of shadowed faces and hungry eyes, milling about brothels and dance halls like rats roaming a sewer.”
― Sabrina Flynn, From the Ashes