“Your mother would make an excellent interrogator.”
“We interrogate the world by making.”
“My mother is a firm believer in the long pause, useful in interrogations, proclamations of truth, and the occasional cutting dead of someone without their knowing it.”
“You know what would help this boy?" Demeter mused. "Farming."Persephone rolled her eyes. "Mother-""Six months behind a plow. Excellent character building.”
“If you become sick yourself, don’t waste your vomit by sending it overboard. Vomit makes an excellent border guard. Puke on the edges of your territory.”
“That is what you're making of the end of your mother's life, child. What will you make of your own?”