Liv

“He frowned, for while there was nothing unusual about the dress Ahnna wore, he did not find that it suited her. She wouldn’t be able to move in her usual way in a gown like that. It was too limiting. “I’d heard that you’d caved to propriety but didn’t believe it. Yet it seems hell hath indeed frozen over, for that, my lady, is a dress.” “And your dismay at seeing it is understandable,” Ahnna replied, “because should we be accosted, you’ll have to defend yourself.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, The Twisted Throne

“Crossing the room, she filled both glasses. She took one, though she didn’t drink from it, only set her spectacles next to the decanter, suspecting her poor eyesight might be an advantage when Lucius arrived.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, Dark Skies

“I want to learn to fight.” He nodded slowly, then said, “I can’t turn you into a warrior in a few weeks. That’s something that takes months, years, even.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, Dark Skies

“I had realised along the way that if I didn’t do something about the changeling, I myself would be changed. What I hadn’t foreseen was that I would be changed anyway. Before that, I think, nothing I had done had made any real difference to anything. When does a child begin to realise that her actions have consequences?”
― Su Bristow, The Fair Folk: A Novel