Beth

“No wonder men did not want women to wear bloomers. What could women accomplish if they did not have to continually mind their skirts, keep them from dragging in the mud or getting trampled on the steps of an omnibus? If they had pockets! With pockets, women could conquer the world!”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“My father used to say the seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

“Two days ago she watched me kill someone, and she offered me her backyard as a place to hide the body.” “Truly?” Magnusson raised his eyebrows in surprise. “That’s a fine woman.”
― Kevin Hearne, Hounded

“You carry on. That's what he'd always done. That's the task that comes with surviving, whether you deserve to live or not. You remember the dead as best you can. You say some words for them. Then you carry on, and you hope for better.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself