Eni S.E.

“The first humans who got possessed, the ones who went on to become saints; they weren’t all strong enough to control unbound spirits, were they? They couldn’t have been. At least some of them must have fought with their spirits the same way I do.”
“Yes,” the revenant said, after a long, ancient-feeling pause. “They were our friends.”
“Then does that mean we’re—”
“You had better not push it, nun. I can possess you whenever I want. I could do far worse than make you murder someone. I could make you try on hats.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Vespertine

“Perhaps your destiny, your lifelong role in the Wundrous Society, is to bring light to the world, in whatever form that might take--music, or art, or politics, or making a truly excellent leek and potato soup--to balance out the dark. To distract people from it. To keep Nevermoor from being consumed by it.”
― Jessica Townsend, Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow

“How did you get a demon in your chicken?'

'The usual way. Couldn't put it in the rooster. That's how you get basilisks.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“I wished I were better at speaking. All those thoughts were in my head, but I didn’t know how to get them out.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Vespertine