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“When he reached her Kindle app, she instantly realized she had made a mistake. She reached for the phone. "Wait—"
"What's this?" He took a step back, holding the phone out of her reach. "Are these books?" He squinted down at the screen.
Her face was suddenly so hot she felt like she was on fire. She felt like she had just been caught in a lie. "I—um—please don't click on—" She scrambled to get her phone again, but he simply moved out of the way again, keeping it out of her grasp.
"The Lusty Minotaur?" He took another step out of her reach. "I Married An Alien Raccoon Warlord From Mars?" Erik cackled. "Oh, do tell. Is this what counts as literature these days?”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, The Forgotten Phantom

“We live all our lives in cages. Each of us, be we a slave or be we a king, call a prison our home. The prison is that which gives us shelter. It is our society.”
― Kathryn Ann Kingsley, The Puppeteer

“Saints teeth, everyone gets younger every year I think. Except me.”
― T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength

“I will end you and that is a promise. I will rip out your entrails and use them as a jumping rope. I will tear your head off and piss down your neck. Do not test me," I snarl, rage seeping through me unchecked and unaltered.”
― B. Ripley, Drop Dead Demon