" She gets her stubbornness from me and her intelligence from her mother,” my father said. His words made me pause in the library, just out of sight. I would argue that I had his intelligence. “Books, the written word, captivate me. But I forgot them all when my wife first spoke to me. We were wed twelve years before she passed. I learned a few things in those years. When a woman leaves a room in a storm, best wait till the thunder fades before you walk out lest you risk being struck by lightning. Or worse, a frying pan.” Lord "
― M.J. Haag , Devastation (Beastly Tales, #3)