Jessie

“I most certainly can deny it. Of course, if I did, I'd be lying." Mairelon”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Magician's Ward

“This, said Damerel wrathfully, is the second time you have walked in just as I am about to propose to your sister!”
― Georgette Heyer, Venetia

“I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twenty-five years ago to write full time. I just liked writing more…plus, I knew even then that as a full-time writer, I'd get plenty of chances to do business-type stuff, while as an accountant, I probably wouldn't get a lot of opportunities to write about dragons.”
― Patricia C. Wrede

“You're always in the kitchen," Alianora said when she poked her head through the door a moment later. "Or the library. Don't you ever do anything but cook and read?”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons