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“Last year's fashions were all lace and ruffles. I refused to add a single ruffle, which means that I may continue wearing this gown in style *and* that I did not spend last year looking like a birthday cake. An enormous savings in both money and dignity.”
― T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call

“People are big enough to hold more than one certainty at the same time.”
― Seanan McGuire

“If you love books enough, books will love you back.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“Sometimes, contempt for the person you don't want to become can get you through those times when courage otherwise falters.”
― Nicholas Atwater, Echoes of the Imperium