Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)

by Seanan McGuire

It can be easy, when standing on the lofty shores of adulthood, not to remember that every adult was once a child, with ideas and ambitions of their own. It can be

What good was an opinion if it meant losing your place in society?

So she wore her glasses, and she saw things as they were, sharp and bright and unforgiving.