Mackenzie Carr

“How do you know your father won’t gamble it away?” I don’t. “I’ll figure something out. Maybe I’ll tell him it has a curse on it, and if it’s sold or used for gambling, he’ll be doomed.” “Tell him it has an ass-pox,” Lark says. Mereden gives her a strange look. “What is it with you and asses?” Lark shrugs. “Asses are funny.”
― Ruby Dixon, Bull Moon Rising

“He can’t possibly be worse than Killian. Anyone is better than Killian.”
― Rina Kent, God of Fury

“That kid was annoying. Besides, he survived.” “Missing a toe.” “You don’t need ten,” she said. “I have a cousin with four. She does just fine.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law

“Can’t you sense what enchantments are stored in the stones?” I demanded. “No!” I threw my hands up in frustration. “Then why do you keep on breaking them?” “Because you told me to, you lunatic!”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands