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“In the tales, she has no name, like too many women in stories of old.”
― Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

“If it is a witch they want,” she hissed, “then a witch they shall have.”
― Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

“Your husband is not going to take care of you the way you think,” Phoebe says. “Nobody can take care of you the way you need to take care of yourself. It’s your job to take care of yourself like that.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

“Because I want to know! Sometimes, you can use what you know, but that's not what counts most. I want to know everything there is to know. Not because it's any use, but for the pleasure of knowing, and now I demand that you teach me everything you know, even if I will never be able to use it.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men