Hayley

“She was neither beautiful nor made of malice, as many of the Fair Folk are said to be. Mostly she was fretful and often tired.”
― 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

“You were in pain as well,” he said, “and bones heal faster than spirits, I think. But I’ve felt a great deal better than I do now—I won’t deny it.”
― T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

“No. I have many mothers. If I am hideous, then we are hideous together. And that made it easier, because in her heart of hearts, she could not believe that her mothers were anything but beautiful.”
― T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge