Beth Oliver

“I appear to have misplaced the fucks I give for what you think.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Cock is just another word for 'fool.' But you call someone a cunt, well..." The girl smiled. "You're implying a sense of malice there. An intent. Malevolent and self-aware. Don't think I name Consul Scaeva a cunt to gift him insult. Cunts have brains, Don Tric. Cunts have teeth. Someone calls you a cunt, you take it as a compliment. As a sign that folks believe you're not to be lightly fucked with.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Too many books. Too few centuries.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Iron or glass? they'd ask.
She was neither.
She was steel.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight