Shymsal

“The house is decaying, the furnishings are museum pieces, half the staff are consumed with loathing of me out of loyalty to my father, or because I remind them of my brother. In any case, they're people who lived in the same house as Hector when there are perfectly good ditches to die in, which tells you as much as you need to know.”
― K.J. Charles, The Magpie Lord

“Look, if you don't make a fool of yourself over animals, at least in private, you aren't to be trusted.”
― T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead

“If we don’t pretend we’re laughing, we might have to admit just how broken we are.”
― T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead

“You didn’t fail,” I said. “They wouldn’t let you succeed. It’s different.”
― T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking