Benton Sternisha

“For once he looked at her as if he saw her – an older woman unafraid of blustering men, too assured to play at looking younger.
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― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

“Are you really a reporter?” asked Brown.
“You already asked me that. Come back to Levita, take the pardon.”
 “I doubt I’ll live long enough to get there,” said Brown bitterly.
“I hope you survive. You are a fighter. And we have the antidote for your habit on
Levita. I suggest you take a vacation. There’s nothing much that’s going to happen here.”
With that she left, leaving Brown more confused than ever.
He was a father, he had a son. And, the Levitians had a cure for his drug-addled body.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“The summer sun bowing out threw slashes of colour between the buildings. London looked big, empty, and lonely. She stood in the doorway, like a cat trying to make up its mind.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“I cannot change the past, but today and every day to come, I will strive to be the best human I can be. I ask for your forgiveness in that light.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege