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“My name is Lord of the Forest”, said the stag.

Regan nodded. Every stag she'd ever met had been named Lord of the Forest, even when there was another stag only a few feet away. Deer didn't understand irony.”
― Seanan McGuire, Where the Drowned Girls Go

“Hey Daysona!”
The possum stood and regarded us with splendidly large brown eyes. Her thin lips were flecked with blue-black bean try juice.
“I thought the berries were supposed to go in your basket, not your mouth!”
“I’m multitasking.” Dave shona shouted back, holding up a nearly full woven blueberry basket.”
― Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

“Padmé resolved to pay attention, not just listen, and not just look but see.”
― E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow

“Names have power. Names define things”
― Seanan McGuire, Where the Drowned Girls Go