Tanya

“I’d suggested we have my friend Rain, a crime scene specialist, paint splotches of red paint on them and the table to make suspects think it was blood splatter, but George had nixed that. Some of my best ideas are simply outside the bell curve and not appreciated.”
― Jennifer Crusie, Rest in Pink

“Should I have a gun? Just in case?” “What kind of training do you have?” “I’ve seen a lot of movies. As far as I can tell, as long as you’re the good guy the bullet just goes right into their heads. It’s only the bad guys that miss.”
― David Wong, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

“You learned better and you got on with things. You learned that you were what you were, and tried to be the best version of that person, because you were never going to be anybody else. And you stopped envying other people because everyone had problems you didn’t know about.”
― T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength

“Humans tend to segregate the world: enemies on one side, friends on the other. Friends are people we know. Enemies are the Other. You can do just about anything to the Other. It doesn’t matter if this Other is actually guilty of any crimes, because it’s a matter of emotion, not logic. You see, angry people aren’t interested in justice. They just want an excuse to vent their rage.” Doolittle sighed. “And once you become their Other, you’re no longer a person. You’re just an idea, an abstraction of everything that’s wrong with their world. Give them the slightest excuse, and they will tear you down. And the easiest way for them to target you as this Other is to find something that’s different about you. Color of your skin. The way you speak. The place you’re from. Magic. It comes and goes in cycles, Kate. Each new generation picks their own Other.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Slays