Every life has a watershed moment, an instant when you realize you're about to make a choice that will define everything else you ever do, and that if you choose wrong, there may not be that many things left to choose. Sometimes the wrong choice is the only one that lets you face the end with dignity, grace, and the awareness that you're doing the right thing. I'm not sure we can recognize those moments until they've passed us.
Mira GrantSome people say I have issues. I say those people need to expand their horizons because I don't have issues, I have the Library of Congress
Mira GrantI'd say it was nice knowing you, but as you've effectively ruined my life, it almost certainly hasn't been.
Mira GrantOne man's trash is another man's treasure is a third man's raw materials for their planet-buster earthquake machine.
Mira GrantRepetition is sometimes the best way to deal with the Luideag: just keep saying the same thing over and over until she gets fed up and gives you what you want. All preschoolers have an instinctive grasp of this concept, but most don’t practice it on immortal water demons. That’s probably why there are so few disembowelments in your average preschool.
Mira Grant