David

“If ONE MORE PERSON says "What if they'd medicated Van Gogh!?" I think I'm permitted to set things on fire. If they'd medicated Van Gogh, he'd either have painted twice as much, or he'd have been happy and unproductive. And you know what? Starry Night wasn't worth a terrible price in human misery. It's neat. It wasn't worth it.”
― Ursula Vernon

“ If I were a man, I would fight him.
If she were a man, no one would force Kania to try to bear child after child. If I were a man, I would not be the next in line to be married if he kills her. If we were men… She stared at her fingers curled into the dirt. It did not matter. They were not and the history of the world was written in women’s wombs and women’s blood and she would never be allowed to change it.
Rage shivered through her, a rage that seemed like it could topple the halls of heaven, then vanished under the knowledge of her own helplessness. Rage was only useful if you were allowed to do anything with it.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“I'd like to yell," said Imogene, "but this hardly seems like the time, does it?" She grimaced. "Willard, can you take the scissors? My hand is getting a cramp."

"Certainly, Lady Strauss."

"And promise you'll kill her. No gallantry, now."

"Madam." He frowned at her. "I am a butler. Do you truly believe that I do not know how to dispatch a houseguest if required?”
― T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call

“She decided not to risk it. Words could always be said, but could rarely be unsaid.”
― T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call