"There's no way the new chimney will fall down, Lu. Not with you in charge. It wouldn't dare."
-Simon Heap
Fyre: Septimus Heap, by Angie Sage.

"All it takes is one to stand where others fall."
-Calla
Neverseen: Keeper of the Lost Cities, by Shannon Messenger.

"If you can believe it, I used to fancy him. Then he went and grew that mustache. Or he murdered a gerbil and attached it to his face. For the life of me, I can't tell which."
-Nathaniel Thorn
Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson.