Loreta Foret

“After that, nothing was the same. The very notion of my having a family turned vague, hard to credit, even weirdly jokey.”
― Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows

“Running out the anchor line, the pirates babbled to one another, and in the tangle of their barbaric language, Aspasia listened for one word—Athens. It lit up the darkness in her mind, like the single glint her eyes fixed on above the distant gray-green hills.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“Why would you want to kidnap Herr Schiller’s grandson?”
Jansch looked at his boss. He arched his eyebrows. “I wouldn’t.”
“I know you wouldn’t. But amuse me, please.”
Jansch studied the car for a moment. “Leverage,” he said eventually.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master