Kin

“You don't have to come with me," Ash said. "I only brought you along because you're good with a knife. And got us the uniforms. And the explosives."
Lila snorted. "Sorry I'm not pulling my weight."
"This may not be your idea," Ash said doggedly, "but it's what we're going to do."
"Is it? Are you really going to start playing the prince card after all?"
"Don' start in about my mother the queen, because I don't want to hear it."
"All right, then, as your peer and absolute equal, I can't help thinking this is a really bad idea.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, Flamecaster

“Why did men always find it necessary to comment on whether or not a woman’s exterior pleased them? She knew she was beautiful. No need to constantly restate it, as if doing so would earn one points in a game.”
― Morgan Rhodes, Frozen Tides

“You broke it. Congratulations. You’ve just given me my sixth broken nose, and now I’m going to kill you.”
― Morgan Rhodes, Frozen Tides

“The great thing about being a writer is that you are always re-creating yourself.”
― Martin Cruz Smith