Equal Rites:
Overview
[...] she [Esk] was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so they don't apply to you.
[p. 127]
[...] a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done. A person ignorant of the possibility of failure can be a half-brick in the path of the bicycle of history.
[p. 132]
'You're wizards!' she [Esk] screamed. 'Bloody well wizz!'
[p. 227]
the nasty little sound of a sword being unsheathed right behind one at just the point when one thought one had disposed of one's enemies
[...]
It was that kind of laugh.
[p. 237]