Ella ♡︎

“Funny what you're capable of when you have absolutely no fucks left to give.”
― Kyra Parsi, Failure to Match

“The point of my scholarship is to understand the Folk. To the extent that we mortals can."
"It has never struck you as a futile endeavor?"
"No more than any other branch of science." I gestured to the sky. "What can mortals learn of the stars, given that we cannot walk among them? Yet we try." I opened my notebook again. "Others have argued that it is the endeavor itself that is the point of scholarship. I am not so certain of that, for I can never stop yearning for new discoveries. Even the smallest are as precious jewels to me.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

“Most generals dream of dying in service to their kingdom. But you know me better than that, my love. When I fall, it will be for one reason only: to protect our children.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“He came to life when she smiled, drew breath when her eyes brightened, died when she left a room.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory