Grace

“Furniture!" bellowed the witch. "Tables, bathtub, the lot of you. It's time to go out in the world and seek your fortunes, if that's your hope." There was a crashing sound as all the furniture went and tried to hide under the bed, and the bed tried to hide under itself.”
― Gregory Maguire, Egg & Spoon

“A privateer learns to press any advantage.”
“And a prince?”
“Princes get used to the word yes.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Okay...' I hurried on. 'But why me?'
'You're a girl,' Lockwood called. 'Aren't you supposed to be more sensitive?'
'To emotions, yes. To nuances of human behavior. Not necessarily to secret passages in a wall.'
'Oh, it's much the same thing.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“Ambition without direction is like milk without a cup.”
― Gregory Maguire, Egg & Spoon