Auryn Maxwell

“There aren't any footprints to follow," said Septimus. "That's why I'm going last. To scruffle them."
"To what?" asked Beetle and Jenna.
"Technical term."
"Scruffle--a technical term?”
― Angie Sage, Syren

“Did you know that human beings can, in fact, cluck? /i didn't, not until Mr. Henry Wickworth found me dozing off in class the first day of seventh-grade English at the Academy. His face turned a shade of purple not normally found in nature, and me and the rest of the class had to sit through a ten-minute rant about respectful behavious and rudeness, and how he'd be expecting an essay outlining the difference by the end of detention that same afternoon.
Yeah, detention on the first day of school. Detention every day for the entire first week of school, actually. So far, I'd written papers on disrespect, inconsiderateness, and honor. I thought he was actually going to take his ruler and break it over my head when he asked for one defining wiseacre, and I only wrote one sentence: I prefer smart aleck, sir.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding

“Never assume you’re safe, and never, ever tempt the Fates by announcing that you think you’re safe.”
― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

“Both Septimus and Beetle knew enough to recognize a jinnee when they saw one, and Wolf Boy knew quite enough to recognize something extremely weird.”
― Angie Sage, Syren