The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance #3)

by Naomi Novik

All of magic essentially involves sneaking something you want past reality while it’s distracted and looking the other way.

I started nodding wildly like someone encouraging a toddler or a puppy, yes, well done! He kept coming until he was just before the threshold.

Also I hadn’t lost an ounce of the passionate desire to beat him over the head with a large stick, and surely that was a sign of true love.

Liesel either realized what I was doing or couldn’t resist the golden opportunity to organize something into better order;