Figgy

“Then why couldn’t Father see that?” not-Triss felt despair and hurt welling up inside her again, and it was all she could do to stop her teeth from sharpening. “Why couldn’t Mother see it?”
“Because they’re stupid,” growled Pen, rubbing at her nose with her sleeve. “They can’t tell when real Triss is fake-crying, so of course they can’t tell when fake Triss is real-crying.”
― Frances Hardinge, Cuckoo Song

“There was a reek in her nose, a slick dark green smell of water that was old enough to be clever and dangerous.”
― Frances Hardinge, Cuckoo Song

“Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

“CUSTOMER: You know how they say that if you gave a thousand monkeys typewriters, then they’d eventually churn out really good writing? BOOKSELLER: . . . yes. CUSTOMER: Well, do you have any books by those monkeys? BOOKSELLER: . . .”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops