Shawn

“He took a deep settling breath then said, “What man, having mastered himself, should fear any king?”
― Jay Posey, Every Sky a Grave

“The fat man who’d volunteered the glass looked as if he sold things; he had the unpleasant complexion of someone who’d hit too many bottles but missed too many meals.”
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

“The figurehead, for example, was certainly vaguely female, although to the Dean’s disappointment it had the same detail as a half-sucked jellybaby.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

“Turtle, Bette, and the others all go inside the coffee place, but I pause out in the parking lot, with its scenic view of the wind-beaten sign for the Little Darlings strip club. Rachael sees me and hangs back too.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, Victories Greater Than Death