Julia Sarene

“She did it for love. And it saved Tal Abisi. Now she’s the city’s patron saint.” “Love? More like caught between a conniving pirate and a megalomaniac.” Fennis gestured at her. “Yet here you are dressed as the Pirate Princess yourself.” Eveen tugged at the gold buttons of her jacket, pulling the white shirt beneath just past the cuffs. “I keep with the fashion.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

“People deal with memories of trauma in odd ways”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

“No rest for the dead I guess.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

“Where was the civilisation in this place? No angry words, no threats, no curses, just violence delivered as a matter of course. I didn’t miss the fens or its people, my people.”
― G.R. Matthews, A Good Day to Die