Penny

“Well, fuck the heavenly order of things. If getting married to a gross old man was her preordained role on this earth, then Rin was determined to rewrite it.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“Perhaps I could only appreciate every brushstroke of death once I was the canvas.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“It feels like the beginning of a mystery novel, when you’re screaming at the plucky protagonist to run but sort of hoping she doesn’t, because you want the story to start.”
― Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

“If it was to be survival of the fittest, I would play to win.”
― Sarah Goodwin, Stranded