Ruby

“I stole the very shiniest words and hoarded them all up until they made something worth having.”
― T. Kingfisher, The Raven and the Reindeer

“I felt the currents move. The grains of sand whispered against each other. His wings were lifting. The darkness around us shimmered with clouds of his gilded blood. Beneath my feet were the bones of a thousand years. I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer.

Then, child, make another.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“All learned people learn Latin. It's bound to come in useful. Fairy tales, on the other hand, are about real life.”
― Monica Furlong, Wise Child

“It is hard to see a story when you are standing in the middle of it.”
― T. Kingfisher, The Raven and the Reindeer