Sophia

“Remembering how difficult it had been to get the much smaller Nile to cooperate, when Ali called, he did so firmly. COME. The ocean, it turned out, was a lot more eager to play.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold

“Vin shook her head. “Not right now. You said their prayer—is this the religion you believe in, then?” “I believe in them all.” Vin frowned. “None of them contradict each other?” Sazed smiled. “Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all—and I believe in the need for each one to be remembered.” “Then, how did you decide which religion’s prayer to use?” Vin asked. “It just seemed…appropriate,” Sazed said quietly, regarding the scene of shadowed death.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“I’d been tired of it a decade ago. Now I’d moved to some other state entirely. Transcendent exhaustion, perhaps.”
― T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead

“How did you get a demon in your chicken?” “The usual way. Couldn’t put it in the rooster. That’s how you get basilisks.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone