Alison

“This is the problem with making a thing forbidden. It does nothing but build an ache in the heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“Victims are often accused of seeking revenge, but revenge is a tiny engine. I know better than to think my peace arrives when the gavel hits, when the handcuffs click shut. He may sit in a cell, but he will never know what it’s like to be unhomed from his own body. We don’t fight for our own happy endings. We fight to say you can’t. We fight for accountability. We fight to establish precedent. We fight because we pray we’ll be the last ones to feel this kind of pain.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“But I warn you, little warrior. The price of power is pain.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War