nihil

“The better to kill me in my sleep?” “It would be rude to wake you first.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

“You can't leave me alone," she said, following him into the living room.
"Yes," he corrected, "I can. You'll be perfectly safe."
"The front door's off!"
"Well, yes. You'll be perfectly safe as long as they don't come through the front door.”
― Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant

“Stephanie, you jumped off a building.” “Yes, but the branches broke my fall. Every one of them.” “And how were the branches?” “A lot unlike pillows.” “You could have been killed.” “But I wasn’t.”
― Derek Landy, Scepter of the Ancients

“Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.”
― Richard Russo