StoryDragon quoted Hammered by Kevin Hearne
In the third novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand year …
I didn't know precisely what the dust was supposed to accomplish; most likely, it was my demise. Perhaps, in their old age and infirmity, they thought they were throwing confetti at me — but their behavior did not seem all that warm and welcoming. Rather the opposite, in fact.
— Hammered by Kevin Hearne (Page 19)
Atticus is here dealing with the Norns. I love the thought of "maybe they are, being extremely old, as mad as old persons can be."