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

“Bad spelling can be lethal. For example, the greedy seraph of Al-Ybi was cursed by a badly-educated deity and for some days everything he touched turned to Glod, which happened to be the name of a small dwarf from a mountain community hundreds of miles away who found himself magically dragged to the kingdom and relentlessly duplicated. Some two thousand Glods later the spell wore off. These days, the people of Al-Ybi are renowned for being unusually short and bad-tempered.”
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

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

“While the cat's away, the mice will eat in the lounge without plates or cutlery.”
― Juno Dawson, The Shadow Cabinet