Dee

“This is the truth. You will know because it hurts.”
― Seth Dickinson, The Traitor Baru Cormorant

“I remember the lightning in the air, and the lovers bidding goodbye to each other in the streets, and I can tell you what I think. We went to war because going to war is fun, because there's something in the human breast that trills at the thought, although perhaps not the reality, of murdering its fellows in vast numbers. Fighting a war ain't fun - fighting a war is pretty miserable. But starting a war? Hell, starting a war is better than a night floating on daeva's honey.”
― Daniel Polansky, Low Town

“They would all reach the next wells alive, said Master Suresh, so long as grown men didn’t sit and weep, boo hoo hoo like some sad whore, her six best boys lost this week to marriage. We must do now as she did then: dry the tears, and hustle!”
― Kai Ashante Wilson, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps

“her perception of egregious enfucktation in her current, present, and unfortunate familial circumstances.”
― C.M. Waggoner, The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry