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“People rarely search for bodies in ceilingsâ€�”
― The Eden Paradox
― The Eden Paradox

“Death rides on all of our shoulders from the day we are born.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow

“You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise.â€�
[Anna] aimed her defiance at Mary.
“And you? What’s your reason to hate me?�
Caroline spoke quietly. “We nearly died � in the fire in those mountains and at the house when Ravi had a gun pointed at us.� Her eyes were full of tears. “The fire you set at The Old Hospital could have killed me as well as Janet and Agnes.�
Anna muttered into the syrupy dregs of her tea. “Fire, you’re firing me?�
Mary grimaced. There had been too much fire.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
[Anna] aimed her defiance at Mary.
“And you? What’s your reason to hate me?�
Caroline spoke quietly. “We nearly died � in the fire in those mountains and at the house when Ravi had a gun pointed at us.� Her eyes were full of tears. “The fire you set at The Old Hospital could have killed me as well as Janet and Agnes.�
Anna muttered into the syrupy dregs of her tea. “Fire, you’re firing me?�
Mary grimaced. There had been too much fire.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder

“The Ganeva conference on Indochina agreements stated that the south of Vietnam would be handed over to a provisional administration after two years at the most and that general elections would be held in 1956 at the latest, giving Vietnam a single and united government. (due to American actions, the agreements were never put into place)”
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

“She was knowingly punishing herself. That was the only reasonable explanation. There was no use in acting naive. What happened earlier in the day was proof that she was going to give in to his flirtation. It appeared she'd thrown caution to the wind and opened her arms to embrace everything that could go wrong in her life. What's one more problem to add to the pile?”
― The Place That Gave
― The Place That Gave
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