Angelina

“It was a time of beginnings and a time of endings.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Empty Grave

“Lucy doesn't like orange juice with floating bits,' George said. 'You remember.'
'Oh, yes. That's right. They get caught between your teeth, don't they?'
I was staring at him. My warm feeling had partially retreated. 'I'll take the orange juice. So Holly stayed over last night?'
'Personally I've always thought straining it through your teeth is part of the fun,' Lockwood said. 'You can pretend you're a blue whale.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Creeping Shadow

“This was the absolute worst way to die. Mid-squat-pissing behind a tree while Maddy’s axe-murderer charged at her from the front. Dignified till the”
― Holly Jackson, Five Survive

“Lucy, I’ve been meaning to say: that was an impressive move back there – what you did with the rapier.’

‘Thanks.’

‘You aimed it perfectly, right between their heads. An inch to the left, and you’d have skewered George right between the eyes. Really sensational accuracy there.’

I made a modest gesture. ‘Well . . . sometimes you just do what has to be done.’

‘You didn’t actually aim it at all, did you?’ Lockwood said.

‘No.’

‘You just chucked it. In fact, it was pure blind luck that George lost his balance and fell out of the way. That’s why he wasn’t kebabbed by you.’

‘Yup.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Whispering Skull