I honestly thought you'd be happier if you knew nothing about it for the rest of your life. Was I wrong?" Irene slumped in her chair. "No, you weren'… - Genevieve Cogman

My brother and I used to live in Rome," she invented.
"Rome." The other woman turned up her nose a little. "Well, I suppose people have to live somewhere.

I met one (that is, a dragon) once," Irene said.
"What did you talk about?"
"He complimented me on my literary taste."
Kai blinked. "Doesn't sound like a life-threatening sort of conversation.

If my friends—my brothers and sisters—have sacrificed themselves, then it was their choice. You, on the other hand, have lied to us and kept us in the dark and used us. You’re probably going to tell me that you did it for a higher cause, that you were just protecting us. But true higher causes don’t have everyone deserting them when they find out the truth, grandmother. Genuine ethical purposes don’t have everyone walking out once they know what’s really going on. And causes that people care enough to die for…”