The Bumblebee

“Now that it was over, pity sparked in me at the thought of Lady Hualing’s fate, a tragic end to such an illustrious immortal. I recalled my mother, too, pining away for my father—living half her life in shadow, buried in memories and regret.

No, I would not choose as they had done. I would not yearn after what had been lost, impossible to regain. I would look to the days ahead, to the happiness which awaited me there . . . if only I were brave and steadfast enough to reach for it.”
― Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess

“He had created perhaps the only distraction powerful enough to save us: a herd of zombie cats”
― Ransom Riggs, A Map of Days

“I think, Margaret," she continued, after a pause, in a weak, trembling, exhausted voice, "I am glad of it—I am prouder of Frederick standing up against injustice, than if he had been simply a good officer.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“One of his front teeth was chipped from the time he’d taken his daddy’s Porsche for a joyride and run into a PLEASE SLOW DOWN FOR CHILDREN sign.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters