" 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)