Hayley

“the first lesson that Toadling learned, in that strange place, was loneliness.”
― T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

“Surrounded by child-eating swamp spirits, Toadling felt intensely loved.”
― T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

“It was really very sweet, and so if someone asked me about Thornhedge, I would probably say that it is a sweet book, and then presumably someone would point out that the heroine is raised by child-eating fish monsters and the villain is torturing people and animating the dead, and I would be left flailing my hands around and saying, “But it’s sweet! Really!”
― T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

“Toads are capable of sarcasm, but their blood runs too cold for hysteria.”
― T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge