Julia Sarene

“The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats.
Nor do they have tails.
But they are most assuredly dead.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

“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

“Fennis eyed her above his goblet, sipping wine. “What?” He indicated the retreating server. “Blinking. You forget that sometimes. It can be … off-putting.” “Oh,” Blinking. One of those habits you had to remember, when you were dead.”
― 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