Luzie

“I can be beautiful and limited at the same time.”
― Seanan McGuire, Across the Green Grass Fields

“Let that be the crime for which I am finally convicted: my father is not a good man, and I will not pretend he is, will not praise him in ways he has not earned and never will.”
― Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found

“I'm going to make some guesses," she said, "you seem clean and well fed and healthy, so you didn't run away a long time ago. Someone loves you. Someone has been taking care of you. And then something bad happened. Something bad enough that you looked at all the love and all that care and decided that they weren't enough to balance out the bad thing.”
― Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found

“No. Only the ones who aren't made right for the worlds where they started out need Doors. All children may want them - who doesn't want a grand adventure? But needing and wanting aren't the same, and the Doors see the difference. Some children's need to escape from places that will only hurt them, or grind them away until they're nothing. And some children need to go somewhere else if they're ever going to grow into the people they were meant to be. The Doors choose carefully.”
― Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found