Lance Bolman

“Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one”
― John Boyne, The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket

“Aurelia, not all those women are uppity aristocratic bitches. Most of them are normal nice girls trying to survive in shark-infested waters, so if you want to make a difference, why not go in there and change the way things work?" "How?" Marcus smiled deviously. "By unseating the queen bee and changing the rules." "That sounds like a great idea, Colonel. Lead me to the beehive.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

“After making all the mistakes, every player has a chance to turn the outcome of the game around by making the right moves next.”
― Zoltan Andrejkovics, The Invisible Game: The Mindset of a Winning Team

“Raya knew this type of girl – they never liked her. Usually they’d make fun of her, behind her back, but loud enough for her to hear. She was too alternative, too poor and too cynical – the foster kid – to be of any interest to these social climbers.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For