Serena

“Kethry had once described summoning as being “like balancing on a rooftree while screaming an epic poem in a foreign language at the top of your lungs.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Oathbound

“There was nothing we could do to stop whatever was going on, and there was no point in trying to imagine what was being done. I come from farm folk, Herald. We know when there’s nothing to be done you might as well get some sleep, because when there is something to be done you’re going to wish you’d had some.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Closer to the Chest

“His voice gave out and he made several wavy motions with his hand, indicative of the shape of a woman who would probably be unable to keep her balance.”
― Terry Pratchett, Eric

“I looked around the lot. “Is he dead anywhere nearby?” I really wanted a no on this one. I’d already had my millennium quota of dead.

“You see that big bush by the Dumpster?” Jackie said.

“Yeah.”

“You see that ugly-ass foot sticking out of that big bush?”

Oh boy. She was right. There was a foot sticking out of the bush. “Shit, Jackie,” I said. “You didn’t kill that foot, did you?”

“No, I didn’t kill that foot. That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you. Someone jacked me over. I’ve been sitting out here, freezing my ass off, waiting to kill that sonovabitch Cameron Brown, and someone beat me to it. It isn’t fair!”
― Janet Evanovich, Three to Get Deadly