Julia Sarene

“You’ve used this before, then?” the girl asked. “On myself, yes. And cats. Regrettably, they won’t let me experiment on students.”
― 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

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