Marina

“The school had a cat, a plump marmalade feline, who went by the name of Biscuits.”
― Garth Nix, Sabriel

“I was so tired of being broke and hungry. At least for a moment I could be happy and full of chicken.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Burns

“It’s because you’re too much alike. What did the abbess used to say? That our own flaws infuriate us in other people?”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“What, you people expect women to tear apart their bodies and then go to all the bother of raising the children? That takes years, you know,” Serene remarked sternly. “The women’s labour is brief and agonizing, and the man’s is long and arduous. This seems only just. What on earth are men contributing to their children’s lives in the human world? Why would any human woman agree to have a child?”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, In Other Lands