Rachel

“Harrowhark was pleased because everything was coming up Harrowhark”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“He was narrow shouldered with long, long arms, and she was beginning to believe that he was not simply a douchebag who used lip balm, but a douchebag who used lip balm and had a very long reach.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“Ghosts and monsters," the lady of the Seventh continues enthusiastically, "remnants and the dead . . . the disturbed dead. The idea that someone is still here and furious . . . or that something has been lurking here forever. Maybe it's that I find the idea comforting . . . that thousands of years after you're gone . . . is when you really live. That your echo is louder than your voice.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“The blood all drained away from Gideon’s cheeks for some reason. The world spun off its axis. Bright spots sparked in her vision. She found herself saying, intelligently, “Mmf.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth