“No Drury Lane for you to-day.”

“This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and "Lord have mercy upon us" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put me into an ill conception of myself and my smell, so that I was forced to buy some roll-tobacco to smell to and chaw, which took away the apprehension.”

Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) English naval administrator and member of parliament

“One day you may kiss a man you can’t breathe without, and find breath is of little consequence.”
“Right, and one day my prince might come.”
“I doubt he’ll be a prince, Ms. Lane. Men rarely are.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

“What the bloody hell are you, Ms. Lane?”

Karen Marie Moning book Darkfever

“I know where my lane is, and I know how to stay in my lane. My lane is evolving the consciousness of people.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“It's a road," Corey said, pointing.
"A dirt road," Hayley muttered.
"So? We've been slogging through the forest for two days. What do you want? A six-lane highway?”

Kelley Armstrong (1968) Canadian writer

“You, Ms. Lane, are a menace to others! A walking, talking catastrophe in pink!”

Karen Marie Moning book Darkfever

“My Sorrow, when she’s here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

“Do your thing, Ms. Lane. you might be criminally young, but the night is not.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

“The two of you are getting downright chatty, aren't you, Ms. Lane? When did you last see him? what else did he tell you?
I'm asking the questions tonight.
If an illusion of control comforts you, Ms. Lane, by all means, cling to it.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author