" A hot flash of anger surged through me. “And there, right there, is why I want nothing to do with Seers. Because for all your signs and portents, however true they might be, you never offer a scrap of useful advice, and you never, ever offer the simplest shred of hope. Fate is a slaver, bloodwitch, and I refuse its chains. "

― Michael McClung , The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids (Amra Thetys, #1)