Wolf Lover

“Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
"Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."
...
I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
"I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
"And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Besides, Clay knew Starflight, and Starflight was many things —
annoying, long-winded, smart, too serious — but he had no magical powers
and he was never, ever scary.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, The Dragonet Prophecy

“You sound like Starflight,” Clay said. “Will there be a test at the end of
this lecture?”
“He wouldn’t talk to me, by the way,” she said. “Not even when I asked”
― Tui T. Sutherland, The Dragonet Prophecy

“Wake me if anything exciting happens,” Glory said. “But make sure
it’s actually exciting, not Sunny-exciting.”
― Tui T. Sutherland, The Dragonet Prophecy