Caleb

“What happened?” she breathed, staring at me.

“I got hit in the face with a pie,” I said.

Mags stopped, blinking. “You got...hit in the face with a pie,” she repeated. “I...what? I’m sorry, but I’ve been in charge of this Library for a long time. I’ve seen a lot of really ridiculous things. I lived in Wales. And there is no way being hit with a pie should have turned you human.”

“It was a really evil pie,” I said.”
― Seanan McGuire, Chimes at Midnight

“Nothing in the universe had a shorter half-life than a politician's memory for inconvenient facts,”
― David Weber, Echoes of Honor

“I am beginning to feel the need of a glass of wine to fortify myself against this conversation.”
― Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon

“Australia. The only continent designed with a difficulty rating of “ha ha fuck you no.”
― Seanan McGuire, Half-Off Ragnarok