“No wolf falters before the bite So strikeNo hawk wavers before the diveJust strike”

“Breakfast should always come before sleuthing.”

“Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.”

“Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.”

“No one had ever called her wild before. She wanted to be wild now, for him. Wild seemed more enticing then a bowl of berries.”

“Years ago, before this estate was generously and unwillingly turned over to the crown, the lord here was a genuine dimwit. He had a minister stashed behind his throne to whisper clever things to say.”

“She felt really alone now. But here's the thing- suddenly she felt as though she belonged inside the aloneness, and that feeling made her whisper aloud, "I never have before. I've never felt at home with myself.”