Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)

by Jessica Townsend

“Step boldly!” the woman in the silk gown shouted. Then without hesitation, she leapt from the roof and floated down, down, down all thirteen stories.

I think she means "in omnia paratus";)

“Captain North is a little odd, miss, but he’s no fool. He sees people the way they really are.

But some things never die—the especially good memories or the especially bad ones can hang around forever.

“Shadows are shadows, Miss Crow.” His eyes reflected the moonlight. “They want to be dark.”

There was some kerfuffle a few years back with a dragon and a pelican. Poor bird got burned to a cinder three seconds after takeoff. More of a pelican’t, in the end. Eh? Pelican’t?”

She had to admit that Noelle’s knack was truly, breathtakingly good. How annoying.