

“Those who try to grasp on to the mystery will never succeed. Only those who let it slip their fingers will come to know it, and hear its secrets”
― Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
― Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

“What bothered me most, though, was that I couldn’t fix anything. I couldn’t control anything. It was like driving a bumper car without a steering wheel. I kept getting slammed, and I just had to sit there and hold on tight.”
― Crenshaw
― Crenshaw
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” JEAN COCTEAU”
― Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat
― Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat

“You cannot follow another's footsteps to the truth," Silette wrote. "A hand can point the way. But the hand is not the teaching. The finger that points the way is not the way. The mystery is a payless land, and each detective must cut her own trail through a cruel territory.
"Believe nothing. Question everything. Follow only the clues.”
― Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
"Believe nothing. Question everything. Follow only the clues.”
― Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

“We all want to be someone else. And sometimes we succeed in convincing ourselves we can be.
But it doesn't last, and our true selves, broken and scarred, always win out in the end.”
― Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway
But it doesn't last, and our true selves, broken and scarred, always win out in the end.”
― Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway
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