The London Séance Society Quotes

“Men want to feel pursued, but still superior. They want to feel understood, but not exposed. They want control over you, but they want to believe you’re a fool, unaware of it.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“Something cannot be an illusion if it still exists after we think it has gone.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“Convention could burn, for all she cared.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“If only I could run myself through a sieve, Lenna thought, and separate the feelings inside of me so to better deal with them one by one.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“And yet it wasn't demons she was scared of tonight. It was the man across the table.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“How ironic, she thought, the mention of seance etched into the fossil-studded stone. Two sides of the dead, the illusory and the tangible.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“We may die, but we are never really gone.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“Why do you always hide your face from me?' she asked. Above us, a few tree branches swayed in the breeze, and rays of sunshine glinted erratically around us. 'I find it exquisite,' she added, before I could respond, 'the ways in which you are different than every other gentleman.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“VICTORIAN FUNERAL BISCUITS Adapted from the third edition of
Miss Beecher’s Domestic Receipt-Book,
published in 1862. ½ c sugar ½ c salted butter, softened 1 c molasses ½ c warm water 2 tbs fresh minced ginger 2 ¼ c flour ½ tsp baking soda In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add the molasses, water, and ginger, and beat until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda. Add flour to molasses mixture and use electric mixer to combine well. Dough will be stiff. Split dough into two balls. Knead each dough ball several times to remove any air bubbles. Form dough into two even logs, approximately 8 inches long. Wrap each log tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for several hours until firm. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Slice each log of dough into ¼-inch rounds and place one inch apart on baking sheets. Each dough log makes approximately 25 biscuits. If desired, use a knife or stamp to impress an image onto the biscuits. Bake 20 minutes. Let cool completely (biscuits should be crunchy). Wrap several biscuits in wax paper and secure with a black wax stamp or black string.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“Graves, yawn and yield your dead... —William Shakespeare”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“the palpable could coexist with the invisible.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society

“She could empathize with this, for grief was not only made up of sadness, but of so much more: yearning to hear a voice that was now forever vanished.”
― Sarah Penner, The London Séance Society