tia

“A kingdom, or this.”
― C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“He's flint, you're tinder.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Get down here before you’re recognized.”
“Playing hide-and-seek under the table? Crouching in the dirt? Typical of your kind, but far beneath my dignity.”
He laughs unsteadily, like he expects I am going to laugh, too. I don’t. I ball up my fist and punch him in the stomach, right where I know it will hurt. He staggers to his knees. The goblet drops to the dirt, making a hollow clanking sound. “Ow!” he shouts, and lets me tug him under the table.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“yuki laughed, because it was the natural response. everyone assumed it was easier, that she wouldn't have to navigate the difficulties of love. even her friends thought that, but it only came back to bite her in the end. it's not like you understand what it's like to love someone, do you? because in the end, they would have someone, they would all have their counterparts, and yuki was going to be alone.”
― Laura Pohl, The Grimrose Girls