" Darling September! That is why anyone wants to rule. Oh, they would never admit it. But at the bottom of their hearts, anyone who longs for power longs to have everyone and everything they love safe and happy forever in one place, no matter the cost. It's only what happens to those they do not love that makes it all go wrong-headed and hard. "

― Catherynne M. Valente , The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home (Fairyland, #5)