Cathy

“I didn’t know how to feel about that, so I put it on the pile of all the other things that I didn’t know how to feel about, and let it go.”
― T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver

“I wasn’t thrilled about it, but frankly, I had been tired of explaining matters a decade ago, and by now I had approached a kind of transcendent exhaustion.”
― T. Kingfisher, What Stalks the Deep

“There is a crazy-wild delight that comes over you when you discover something new, something extraordinary. If you try to share that and people look at you blankly, it’s crushing. But if there’s someone else there to say really?! and take fire with enthusiasm alongside you—well, that will keep you going for a long time.”
― T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver

“This life is like a sword. It’s the tool I know how to use. I have sharpened it to a keen edge, and it accomplishes the tasks I set it to. It may cut me from time to time, but I know its value. If I put it down, what other tool is there to hand?”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives