Ria

“Those spiders have human hands.’ “‘Shut the fuck up, Bouchette.’ “‘That tree … its face looks like … my mother’s.’ “‘Shut. The. Fuck. Up. Bouchette.’ “‘Is it me, or are the feathers on that bird … tiny tongues?’ “‘SHUT THE FUCK UP, BOUCHETTE!”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“Because a lost little girl from Cairo thought she was living in some sort of fairy tale. And because for all her supposed cleverness, she couldn’t see that the dashing hero who saved her was its monster.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Kingdom of Copper

“Unknot your gizzards, you quivering peon.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“Witch, do this for me,
Find me a moon
made of longing.
Then cut it sliver thin,
and having cut it,
hang it high
above my beloved's house,
so that she may look up
tonight
and see it,
and seeing it, sigh for me
as I sigh for her,
moon or no moon.”
― Clive Barker i Days of Magic Nights of War i