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“聽聽 In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian鈥檚 college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Whither be the heart of Justice?
聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lo, in stone, child. Lo, in stone.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Whither be the heart of Justice?
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lo, tis fast in stone.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“At what point does faith become insanity?”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Mary stared at the dreamlike happenings on the page. Human figures faced each other; the man鈥檚 head was a golden ball with rays reaching up to huge stars and out to the distant mountains; the woman鈥檚 silver head was sickle-shaped and surrounded by birds like eagles with white beaks. Some of the black letters glowed because they had tips like tiny flames.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know it came alive as I held it. Did you know there鈥檚 a serpent on the back? Some say it鈥檚 a dragon. It winked at me. Its lashes are gold.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“The fire on the mountain.鈥� That was Anna. 鈥淎lchemy,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 feel it singing in my bones.鈥�
鈥淪inging?鈥� Mary would never understand Anna. The young woman turned away.
Wiseman鈥檚 reply was tinged with respect.
鈥淭hat great pair of alchemists, Francis Ransome and Roberta Le More, believed the work they did affected the world鈥檚 spirit, the anima mundi. The Native Americans they met believed they too could and should interact with the Great Spirit. They lived with reverence for the land and all its peoples, the ancestors, the animals, the rocks, the trees, mountains.鈥澛�
Mary鈥檚 jaw dropped; Caroline glowed; Anna pretended not to listen. Wiseman nodded, then continued.
鈥淵ou mean鈥�?鈥� began Mary.
鈥淵es, it could have been so different, a meeting of like-minded earth-based spiritualities. Just imagine, what could have been?”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“You can鈥檛 set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise.鈥�
[Anna] aimed her defiance at Mary.
鈥淎nd you? What鈥檚 your reason to hate me?鈥�
Caroline spoke quietly. 鈥淲e nearly died 鈥� in the fire in those mountains and at the house when Ravi had a gun pointed at us.鈥� Her eyes were full of tears. 鈥淭he fire you set at The Old Hospital could have killed me as well as Janet and Agnes.鈥�
Anna muttered into the syrupy dregs of her tea. 鈥淔ire, you鈥檙e firing me?鈥�
Mary grimaced. There had been too much fire.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac鈥檚 blood sprout from it.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“Stand in the machine there, let鈥檚 see what state your internal organs are in. The images鈥╳ill be projected on screen, and I can go through the diagnosis with you, step by step.鈥濃€˙rown did as he was told and soon images of his vital organs appeared on the screen.鈥� As you can see, your heart is slightly enlarged and your lungs and kidneys are not in鈥╣ood shape either. Have you been experiencing any pain lately?鈥濃€ㄢ€淣ot that I can think of. What can you do to help?鈥濃€ㄢ€淒ifficult to say, you see you are dying鈥� said the Doctor. You can see the鈥╠iscolouration in your kidneys.鈥� Brown strained his eyes.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“It鈥檚 the opportunity of a lifetime,鈥� said Ito finally, who had been keeping very quiet鈥╱p to this point.鈥ㄢ€淚ndeed. How much will it cost?鈥� asked Brown鈥ㄢ€淎bout twenty million Interplanetary Credits,鈥� said Demba. 鈥淎 modest investment for鈥╝ man of your means.鈥濃€ㄢ€淚ndeed,鈥� said Brown again. That was all the money he had, which started to strike鈥╤im as strange, when his thoughts were interrupted.鈥ㄢ€淲e鈥檒l arrange a visit to the mine,鈥� said Ito. 鈥淪how you the place itself.鈥濃€ㄢ€淚ndeed,鈥� said Brown. Or had he said that? The strange waking memory he had fallen鈥╥nto started to become repetitive. Reality started to flow back in.鈥―iamonds, thought Brown. All those diamonds in that mine.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“If the Agency could become a container for something neither Anna nor Mary had known before: a family. Now, without Caroline depending on her, Anna was alone. It did not taste good. There were voices inside: I am risking everything; I could lose everything.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“I don鈥檛 like anything pointing at me, dollface, that includes an umbrella, a finger, or a gun, got it?”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

“You can鈥檛 escape me, I鈥檓 coming for you soon,鈥� shrieked his hellish voice. Whether the beast was a man in a mask or a demon of his imagination, made little difference to Adam, He was petrified.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

“Jamie鈥檚 eyes gleamed. 鈥淕od forgive me, I want there to be a murderer after the Falconer family so we in the College feel less to blame.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“聽 Mary fought a savage impulse to slam the door on the couple. But they were too interesting to ignore in the circumstances of the murder. She caught sight of Richard spitting out a mouthful of hair.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt.鈥�
鈥淢r. McCarthy, you鈥檇 better explain.鈥�
鈥淧atrick, please. You鈥檒l be tempted to laugh. It was a banana skin.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“George鈥檚 utterance of the nest and the trap belonged to a bigger mystery she did not yet understand. One day I will, she promised herself. She would stake her life that those last words from her son would be solved by her. They were steppingstones into鈥� whatever the wind and the stars and the valiant trees held for her.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“Mary tried to look reassuring. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a house party, he said,鈥� she directed at the Falconers, 鈥淪ir Viktor鈥檚 holding a house party for the convenience of the police. It鈥檚 like an old-fashioned mystery novel.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“Unbelievable and true. Anna Solokov is neither a frightened girl nor a criminal spider in the center of a huge web of drugs and god knows. No, that dangerous young woman could easily do both at different times, and to different people. No doubt that is part of George鈥檚 attraction to her. She is victim. Yet when necessary, or when it suits her, she is victimizer. Does he imagine he is battling for her soul?”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“Falconers,鈥� she continued, sternly. 鈥淧ull yourselves together. People are dying. The police don鈥檛 have the family history to solve murders forty years apart.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“Is it the darkness of my face or the darkness of space? And is there a difference?”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“The telegram was sealed 鈥� an old-fashioned touch, I thought, but then I鈥檇 never had a telegram before. I took my time opening it. I said nothing.”
― Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows

“Listen, you might as well learn now that life鈥檚 nothin鈥� but a dirt sandwich and save yourself a lot of time.”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

“I wished he'd stop trying to put me off. It was becoming irksome. Or, if he were, then he really needed to stop acting so damned charming.”
― Diana Forbes, Mistress Suffragette

“Yes, I'm rich. Get use to it. -- Christian Grey”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey

“You鈥檙e my best friend,
You鈥檙e my love,
You鈥檙e my life.
I can鈥檛 wait to
make you
my wife!
Love, Ryan”
― Tina Reber, Love Unrehearsed

“The ultimate pacifist with a gun! That鈥檚 my girl, always with surprises.”
― Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures

“He would tell you to leave?鈥�
鈥淵es. He is鈥as a rude man, but it didn鈥檛 bother me. I was used to it. As I said, I鈥檇 gotten used to Mr. Hines. He is鈥as, despite his rudeness, a good boss. He never questioned me or my brother on how much we spent on the house. If there was something that needed fixing, he鈥檇 instruct my brother on what was to be done.”
― Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods

“Mama gasped. 鈥淪he鈥檚 pregnant?鈥濃€═he nurse stood. 鈥淣ot pregnant. In labor. About to deliver her child鈥� when did your water break, honey?”
― Jack Getze, Making Hearts