Sumana Gupta

“One fight … one last duel. You challenged her with Babs, you know, back on Canaan House. I didn’t do it. So follow through, for me. You always do things for me, don’t you? My heart’s own … my necromancer.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“Honesty, this is a matter of life.”

The chain rattled and the door hesitated.

“You’re s’posed to say ‘and death,’” he supplied.

“I have started to not believe in the other one,” said Nona. “It’s stupid saying ‘and death’ when most of the people who die get up and walk around again. Maybe if I said ‘a matter of life and double death.’”

Honesty said, “How about, ‘Life and death where you don’t come back’?”

“That’s so long,” said Nona.”
― Tamsyn Muir

“Not like this. I love this place.”

“Do you love?” said the Captain’s mouth.

Nona struggled. “Yes—no—yes,” she said, then: “I don’t know what it means. I say it, and I don’t know what it means … Did I ever know what it meant?”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“What? What is that?”

“You just met God,” said Pyrrha.

“I didn’t like him,” said Palamedes.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth