Jamie

“Axel,” replied the Professor with perfect coolness, “our situation is almost desperate; but there are some chances of deliverance, and it is these that I am considering. If at every instant we may perish, so at every instant we may be saved. Let us then be prepared to seize upon the smallest advantage.”
― Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

“But she’s not a bully, Tiffany thought. She’s tough, and she expects other witches to be tough, because the edge is no place for people who break.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

“And you’re going to face the hiver even though you don’t know how to beat it? Yes. I am.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

“Then I am proud of you, jiggit, you are doing a man’s job!’ He’d used the pet name only the family knew, and so she kissed him politely and did not tell him that he was unlikely to see a man doing the job that she did.”
― Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight