Phebe Tofte

“But we did. The old adage—humor is the best way to make the unbearable bearable—may be true.”
― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“The salpinx is not simply an instrument of summoning. It is also an instrument of binding. Since you followed its sorrowful tones to my side, you are now bound to me like man is bound to treachery.”

Jeremiah Hobb”
― Frank Lambert, Cult of the Clan

“Aurelia, not all those women are uppity aristocratic bitches. Most of them are normal nice girls trying to survive in shark-infested waters, so if you want to make a difference, why not go in there and change the way things work?" "How?" Marcus smiled deviously. "By unseating the queen bee and changing the rules." "That sounds like a great idea, Colonel. Lead me to the beehive.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

“You’ve enlarged your original mission parameters. That’s what happens in war.”
― Barry Kirwan, When the children come