Azrel

“ “What? Oberon, no.” “It’s not something I would think to ask.” “It’s not pandering! Felicity still has a part to play in this. I said at the start there would be vintage poodles. Would you just let me finish?” Granuaile did a poor job of stifling a laugh when she heard me protest the pandering charge. Oberon said, all high and mighty as if he were doing me a favor.”
― Kevin Hearne, Besieged

“You should’ve let me twist his head off,” Mahon said. “You can’t let people insult your wife, Curran. One day you’ll have to choose diplomacy or your spouse. I’m telling you now, it’s got to be your wife. Diplomacy doesn’t care if you live or die. Your wife does.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Binds

“ Oberon asked me. After my bathtime story, he wanted to be the Genghis Khan of dogs. He wanted a harem full of French poodles, all of whom were named either Fifi or Bambi. It was an amusing habit of his: Oberon had, in the past, wanted to be Vlad the Impaler, Joan of Arc, Bertrand Russell, and any other historical figure I had recently told him about while he was getting a thorough cleansing. His Liberace period had been particularly good for my soul: You haven’t lived until you’ve seen an Irish wolfhound parading around in rhinestone-studded gold lamé.”
― Kevin Hearne, Hounded

“No one can hurt you as badly as the people you love.”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls