Samantha

“Crows," Maximus breathed. "Was that who I think it was?"
"Phrygiar Navaris," Tavi said, nodding.
"What was she doing here?" Max asked.
"Getting humiliated, mostly. Especially there at the end.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“I would hit you on the head with a rock and drag you away from this. But it would only shatter the rock.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“This is a place built to store books, by people who wanted to preserve books, and used by people who want to read those books. I am not alone.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Masked City

“Battles are fought in muddy fields, in burning towns, in treacherous forests, in unforgiving mountains, and on the blood-spattered stones of contested bridges, Tavi realized.

But battles are won within the minds and hearts of the soldiers fighting them. No force was defeated in battle until it believed that it was defeated. No force could be victorious unless it believed it could be victorious.

The First Aleran believed.

The Canim raiders weren't sure.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury