Marina

“Of course it is,” said Serene. “The woman goes through the physically taxing and bloody experience of childbirth. A woman’s experience of blood and pain is, naturally, what makes womenkind particularly suited for the battlefield. Whereas men are the softer sex, squeamish about blood in the main. I know it’s the same for human men, Luke was extremely disinclined to discuss my first experience of a woman’s menses.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, In Other Lands

“As usual, I had no idea what to do with this sort of insight—would questioning him lighten the sadness or make it worse? Should I (oh, God) attempt to hug him?”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“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