Jemma

“No horse jokes," he said.
"My lord, I apologize for the horse joke. If you put down the book---unharmed!---I will give you a carrot."
He brandished the book at her. "Was that a horse joke?"
"Neigh."
"Was that a horse joke?”
― Cynthia Hand, My Lady Jane

“Dad likes to know what he's getting. One time last year they rearranged the shelves in the supermarket near to where dad and Lisette lived, and Elsa had to run those tests she had seen advertised on the television to make sure he hadn't had a stroke.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

“Elsa had looked back at the girl in the only way one can look back at someone who has just pointed at a Gryffindor scarf and said, "Ugly bloody scarf." Not totally dissimilar to how one would look at someone who had just seen a horse and gaily burst out, "Crocodile!”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

“Antarctica. You know, that giant continent at the bottom of the earth that’s ruled by penguins and seals.”
― C.B. Cook, Twinepathy