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“So naturally, I caught myself making up personalities for him - you know, the way you do with pets and cute boys and famous people. What’s that called? Anthropomorphism. You do it so that you feel like you can relate personally to whatever it is – your dog, or God or whatever. You do that so you can care about things, and so that life at least appears to make sense. And maybe you do it so you can feel like something cares about you.
The dangerous thing about doing that, Paul told me one time, is what you end up caring about isn’t necessarily what’s really there – just what you’ve decided is there.
Which may be very far from the truth. So you could very easily end up depending on a lie. Or a dream.”
― Kristen D. Randle, The Only Alien on the Planet

“Hally: – […] See, a smart woman tends to act on your typical eighteen-year-old male like instant kryptonite. But, not to worry – mother tells me something mystical happens at graduation and suddenly male people who never pulled a grade above a C in their lives automatically become smarter than anything that wears a skirt. Maybe after that happens, we can date who we want.”
― Kristen D. Randle, The Only Alien on the Planet

“His name tasted of fire and wings, of curling smoke, of subtlety and strength and the rasping whisper of scales.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

“We’ve talked about this,” said Jamie mildly. “Murder can’t be your first choice every time you don’t like something.”
― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches