amberesque > amberesque's Quotes

“That’s what comes of hungering for something; you forget to check if it’s rotten before you gobble it down”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Only idiots aren’t scared of things that are scary.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“It occurs to me that maybe desire isn't something overindulging helps. Maybe it is not unlike mithridatism; maybe I took a killing dose when I should have been poisoning myself slowly, one kiss at a time.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“- Усе в цьому світі або заради любові, або через любов, або не має значення.”
― Ілларіон Павлюк, Книга Еміля

“When you're having a hard time, it's natural to feel like you're having the hardest time in the world. And it's not selfish to feel that way.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“I am someone who is completely unique in this world, someone I need to take care of for the rest of my life, and therefore someone I need to help take each step forwards, warmly and patiently, to allow to rest on some days and to encourage on others - I believe that the more I look into this strange being, myself, the more routes I will find to happiness.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“You keep obsessively holding yourself to these idealised standards, forcing yourself to fit them. It's another way, among many, for you to keep punishing yourself.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“What do I wish for? I want to love and be loved. Without suspicion, and with ease.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

“I want to love and be loved. i wan to find a way where I don't hurt myself. I want to live a life where I say things are good more than things are bad. I want to keep failing and discovering new and better directions. I want to enjoy the tides of feeling in me as the rhythms of life. I want to be the kind of person who can walk inside the vast darkness and find the one fragment of sunlight I can linger in for a long time.

Some day, I will.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“To right every wrong you come across in the world would be an impossible endeavor for any one person. You're just one person, and you're putting too much of the weight of the world on yourself.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki