Citybones

“Kade was possibly the most beautiful boy she'd ever seen. She wanted to spend hours sitting with him and talking about pointless things. She wanted to feel his hand against her skin, to know that his presence was absolute and focused entirely on her. The trouble was, it never seemed to end there, and that was as far as she was willing to go.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

“I don’t like corpses in that way unless they’ve been reanimated,” said Jack. “Corpses are incapable of offering informed consent, and are hence no better than vibrators.” “I wish that didn’t make so much sense,”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

“Y aunque sus trescientos valientes morirán... sólo siente que tenga tan pocos hombres que sacrificar.”
― Frank Miller, 300

“I think the rules where different there. It was all about science, but the science was magical. It didn't care about whether something could be done. It was about whether it should be done, and the answer was always, always yes.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway