“Choose a future, Balekin had commanded him when he’d first brought Cardan to Hollow Hall. But no one chooses a future. You choose a path without being certain where it leads. Choose one way and a monster rends your flesh. Choose another and your heart turns to stone, or fire, or glass.”
― How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
― How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
“No one wants to die,” said Becka. “But some people don’t want to live in any of the ways that are allowed.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“She gets me. I give her a lot of crap for being emotional all the time, but I love how empathetic she is. I love how she feels things so deeply that sometimes even joy manages to wound her. It’s who she is. She’s all heart.”
― Shadow Me
― Shadow Me
“And then there was Kate Sheffield.
The bane of his existence.
And the object of his desires.
All at once.”
― The Viscount Who Loved Me
The bane of his existence.
And the object of his desires.
All at once.”
― The Viscount Who Loved Me
“I always hated it about myself, that I couldn’t be tougher. Hated that I cried so hard when I saw a dead bird for the first time. Or that I used to bring home all the stray animals I found until Castle finally told for a week. I hated that I cried. Hated that I couldn’t help it. Everyone thinks I’m not supposed to give a shit—that I shouldn’t—but I do. I always do.”
― Shadow Me
― Shadow Me
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