River

“I am so tired of this gothic crap,” I muttered. “Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens.”
― Seanan McGuire, An Artificial Night

“Those who lived in the light could never truly know what it was to dwell in the shadows.”
― Drew Hayes, Super Powereds: Year 3

“Very slowly Royce pushed the door inward, peering through the gap. He looked left and right, then closed it once more and replaced the bolts.
"What is it?" Hadrian asked.
"He's right," Royce said dismally. "No one is getting through."
Thranic smiled and nodded until he was beset by another series of coughs that bent him over in pain.
"What is it?" Hadrian repeated.
"You're not going to believe it."
"What?"
"There's a -- a thingy."
"A what?"
"You know, a thingy thing."
Hadrian looked at him, puzzled.
"A Gilarabrywn," Thranic said.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“Maybe the one real advantage to getting older is that you have the time to pull your head a little bit farther out of your ass.”
― Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves