Inverted Trope Quotes

“Maris and Bari worked with him and did what they could. But Maris wasn't always focused on her work. Once, Evan sent her into the forest to pick some sweetsong, an herb he used to prepare thesis; but Maris found herself thinking about the council as she wandered through the damp, cool woods. It had begun now, she thought, and she seemed to hear Val, Corm, and the others talking, and she considered their arguments, and wondered how it would end, and who they had chosen to preside. When she finally returned, the basket was full of lying grass, which resembles sweetsong but has no medicinal properties. Evan picked up the basket and sighed, shaking his head. "Maris, Maris," he murmured, "what should I do?" He turned to Bari. "Little one, go get me some sweetsong before it gets dark. Your aunt isn't feeling well.”
― George R.R. Martin, Windhaven

“The prosecutor should have already filed charges by now, it was said. And I should have been transferred to a cell.

By the way, what time was it? There was no clock in the interrogation rooms, to confuse the suspect and deprive him of his sense of time. His had been confiscated, along with his gun and badge, when he was arrested. But, doing a mental calculation, Berish concluded it was after eight o'clock in the evening. And to think that the day had started off on the best possible footing.”
― Donato Carrisi, L'ipotesi del male

“Musa ornata is one of more than 50 species of banana in the genus Musa of the family Musaceae. They grow well in high temperature and humid weather and you will find them in the tropics. It has beautiful pink flowers and small, dark pink or crimson fruit. The fruit type is a banana that is seeded and inedible. M. ornata is native to south-east Asia and commonly found in Bangladesh, Burma, and India.”
― Kalyani Majumdar, The Peepal, The Girl and The City