Everyone is afraid of you and when folk are afraid of a person it usually means the person is cruel in some way, and I think you are cruel, Miss Marquess, but please don't punish me for saying it. I think you know you're cruel. I think you like being cruel. I think calling you cruel is the same as calling someone else kind. And I don't want to run errands for someone cruel.

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (ed. Hachette UK, 2012) - ISBN: 9781780338620