Tarandir

“I grew up thinking monsters could be slain."
"Ah," he said. "And I grew up thinking people were the monsters.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Nonagesimus,” she said slowly, “the only job I’d do for you would be if you wanted someone to hold the sword as you fell on it. The only job I’d do for you would be if you wanted your ass kicked so hard, the Locked Tomb opened and a parade came out to sing, ‘Lo! A destructed ass.’ The only job I’d do would be if you wanted me to spot you while you backflipped off the top tier into Drearburh.”

“That’s three jobs,” said Harrowhark.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“She reminded him of an ocean - beautiful, with enough salt to kill a man. He suspected it would take a knight or a hero of legend to impress one such as her.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning. ”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan