Marlene

“People never got to stay in their Wonderlands, did they? Alice and Dorothy and the Darlings, all dragged back to the mundane world and tucked into bed by their handlers.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

“The gang all back together . . . we should rob something!”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

“It is my empress's will to know the whole of your tale.'
Gabriel reached into his battered britches, fished about under the monster's stare. Finally, he retrieved a tarnished royale from his pocket. 'Here.'
'What is that for?' Jean-François demanded.
'I want you to take this coin to market, and buy me a fuck to give.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa