" So I was in possession of the chief advisor to the High King’s journal. Right there in Books and Crannies, but now gone forever,” Oskar sighed. “In the words of Vilmette Oppenholm in her essay on the decline of free cupcakes, ‘How awful.’” “I wonder how that journal ended up in Skree,” Nia said to herself. “Where did you say you found the crate from Dang, Oskar? "

― Andrew Peterson , North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)