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“I have said she had no face; but that meant she had a thousand faces.”
- Queen Orual”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

“Don’t you think the things people are most ashamed of are the things they cannot help?
-Psyche”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

“Infinite hopes—and fears—may both be yours. Be sure that, whatever else you get, you will not get justice.” “Are the gods not just?” “Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were? But”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

“Would you rather have had justice?”
-The Fox”
― C.S. Lewis

“And we said we loved her.”
“And we did. She had no more dangerous enemies than us.”
- Queen Orual and The Fox”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

“We have all had our dream of some other land, some other world, some other way of gaining the prizes which would bring us in as conquerors; leave the smooth, rounded limbs, and the little pink and white faces, and the hair like burnished gold, far behind; their day ended, and ours come.”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

“Do you tell me a strong man would break under the burden a woman is bearing well?”
“Who that knows men would doubt it? They’re harder, but we are tougher. They do not live longer than we.”
- Queen Orual and Ansit”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

“The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Rattle the stars”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Why does anything cling to something?”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“That I might always be a little bit vicious and restless. That I might crave peace, but never a cage of comfort.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Anger was better than feeling nothing; because anger and hatred were the long-lasting fuel in the endless dark of my despair. The same way that music had kept me from breaking.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“He drained his glass. "I made a mistake."
"It's not the end of the world if you do that every now and then.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“For every woman who has been told to sit down and be quiet... And who stood up anyway.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“It isn’t a choice when you don’t have the freedom to say no. A yes doesn’t mean the same thing when it’s the only answer you’re allowed.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Homesickness could be more painful than a bullet wound”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“She joined the celebration, a wooden smile fixed to her face, but inside, she was a wasteland, everything burning to ash.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“This book was home to her, more than the palazzo and it’s fine furnishings could ever be.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“I don’t think this city is ugly. And I don’t believe in fairy tales.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“Welcome to Mount Ruin, Dead Girl.”
― Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury

“But perhaps the monsters needed to look out for each other every now and then.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“She wasn't fine, not even close.
But she wasn't dead.
And that was a start.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“How can I take away somebody who means the world to someone else? Even if she is my enemy.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“The choice of how our people's future shall be shaped is yours," Manon told each of the witches assembled, all the Blackbeaks who might fly off to war and never return. "But I will tell you this." Her hands shook, and she fisted them on her thighs. "There is a better world out there. And I have seen it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Death, cruel and cunning, waited in that gold-flecked onyx stare.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“I believe my purpose is to bring joy to people, to make them laugh, and to share my story to help them. To show people that no matter what, they matter, and they can succeed. No matter how bad things go, no matter how dark your life is, there is a reason for it. You can find beauty in it, and you can get better. I know, because I’ve done it. That’s why my comedy so often comes from my pain. In my life, and I hope in yours, I want us to grow roses out of the poop.”
― Tiffany Haddish, The Last Black Unicorn

“Everyone has their own personal pain and their own demons, and no one will talk about it, and that’s why they never get better. They’re all afraid to talk about it.”
― Tiffany Haddish, The Last Black Unicorn

“Unless it was making them look good in some kind of way. Me just being myself was never good enough for anyone to love me.”
― Tiffany Haddish, The Last Black Unicorn

“That’s why I think my life turned out as good as it has. Because all the time, I’m just trying to have fun.”
― Tiffany Haddish, The Last Black Unicorn

“I’m a survivor, and all this struggle I went through—while it sucked at the time—is really helping me now. It has helped me get to where I am, and it will help me continue to improve and do better. It didn’t always feel like it at times, but I truly believe I am blessed.”
― Tiffany Haddish, The Last Black Unicorn