Izzy Richardson Quotes

“Later people would say that the signs had been there all along: that Izzy was a little lunatic, that there had always been something off about the Richardson family, that as soon as they heard the sirens that morning they knew something terrible had happened.”

“A part of her wanted to study Mia ...to understand why...she did what she did.”

“Mia could not help but notice her daughter’s infatuation with the Richardsons.”

“People are like that, too, you know. They start over.”

“It’s you. The indentured servant. I mean, the tenant-slash-cleaning lady.”

“Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over. After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow.”

“The firemen said there were little fires everywhere,” Lexie said. “Multiple points of origin. Possible use of accelerant. Not an accident.”