Caitlin

“She screamed. Not a normal scream of pain, but a deep and blind cry as reason deserted her. Of all the screams cataloged in the encyclopedic audio library of the Hidden Schools, Tara’s bore the closest resemblance to the scream of a man whose abdomen was being devoured by a jagged-clawed insect that wore a child’s face.”
― Max Gladstone, Three Parts Dead

“Who told you you couldn't come back when you're grown? Was it the same person who told you grown-ups don't cry or blush or clap their hands when they're happy? Don't try to say otherwise, I've seen you fighting like a boxer to change your face so that it never shows anything. Whoever told you that's what growing up means is a villain, as true as a mustache. I am growing up, too, and look at me! I cry and I blush and I live in Fairyland always!”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

“A woman sat alone, beautiful and lost and full of rage so old it had become a dull ache deadening every newborn sensation.”
― Max Gladstone, Three Parts Dead

“Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.”
― Richard Siken, War of the Foxes