" I wondered if, fundamentally, the world was made up of people who either sought justice at the expense of redemption, or those who sought redemption at the expense of justice. To be honest, I was always a little bit disappointed when people reformed. Watching a bad person choose the straight and narrow path was the deus ex machina of real life. "

― Penny Reid , Marriage and Murder (Solving for Pie: Cletus and Jenn Mysteries, #2)