Sukhvinder wished that she could be more like Krystal: funny and tough; impossible to intimidate; always coming out fighting.

If Harry Potter taught us anything, it's that no one should have to live in the closet

Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you wanted.

Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there.

Pagford, which by night was no more than a cluster of twinkling lights in a dark hollow far below, was emerging into chilly sunlight.

Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.