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“If she'd been a siren luring him to the bottom of the sea, he would have followed. If she'd been a gorgon he'd have let himself be turned into stone. Let him be mangled and devoured.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

“She’s the adopted child of the Angel of Death. Beware of her. Mind her. Death guards her like one of its own.” There was truth in every single one of the stories.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Remote Control

“At nights, one could stand in the courtyard and look up at a rectangle of night sky and survey the stars, but in the daytime the sun bathed the ivy growing on the walls and made the decorative tiles of the fountain glisten. Light, air, and water mixed together to produce a realm of enchantment.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

“Well, he’s a dog. They don’t have an idea how the world’s supposed to be, so it doesn’t bother them when it isn’t.” Agnes frowned. “Except herding dogs, I think. They have a pretty clear idea in their heads, so they’re always nipping and worrying and trying to get it to fit.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone