Jess

“The highest cards have men on them.” María can see that. There are men holding clubs. Men holding swords. Men holding coins. Men holding cups. “Where are the women?” she asks, and Ysabel only laughs, as if it were a joke.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

“One can be alone without feeling lonely,” she muses. “One can feel lonely without being alone.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

“You are the kind of bloom that thrives in any soil.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

“Careful. In nature, beauty is a warning. The pretty ones are often poisonous.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil