Numa Parrott

“I had just been defeated by a literal hallucination built from denial and the most determined and pettily self-interested stupidity I had ever encountered.”
― Jim Butcher, The Law

“The Doctor seemed to relax a little. ‘Good! That’s more like it. But we do need to talk about this whole No Women In The Church thing. What’s that about? Tell ’em, Good Doctor.’ She gave Graham a nudge. ‘What? Oh right, fair enough. Yeah. You should … let women in the church. Obviously.”
― Juno Dawson, Doctor Who: The Good Doctor

“good people have no business being so bad. Goodness is about what you do. Not what you pray to.”
― Terry Pratchett, Snuff

“Yeah well, I’ve never had much opportunity to fight with family,” I said.
“I have,” she said. “Everyone cares about everyone else. So when you get mad and say something horrible, it hurts that much more. And too many things go unsaid. That’s the worst, I think. Everyone thinks they know one another better than they probably do, so you fill in the silences with things the other person never actually said. Or thought. Or thought about saying.”
― Jim Butcher, Peace Talks