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I wanted escapism on a higher level than online fantasy games could give me.

— Non-Player Character by Veo Corva

I was standing on a stranger’s doorstep and wishing my feet were nailed to the ground.

— Non-Player Character by Veo Corva

I didn’t want to think about it, but there were so many things now that I didn’t want to think about that they were fighting and jostling for position in the back of my head.

— The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

My internet armor had been built up in the fanfic battlegrounds and was thus impenetrable

— The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Mossa responded simply with a Classical quotation: “‘Why are men?’”

— The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Frefor was one of those men who must always make noises before they speak, like a short runway allowing their thoughts to launch.

— The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

People who are very pleased with themselves are rarely driven to suicide by lack of interest from a single stranger.

— Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

At the end of the day, I was trained by a bunch of megalomaniacal necromancers, so all my solutions look like megalomaniacal necromancy.

— Dead Country by Max Gladstone

Humans were the same everywhere. The best fights to pick were the kind where the other guy couldn’t fight back.

— Dead Country by Max Gladstone

A certain sort of man never could quite get past the memory of your hand several fingers deep in his neck.

— Dead Country by Max Gladstone