Devona Loss

“Do you love him?”
Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. “He makes me feel like that. Like flying.”
“Then, you have to tell him.”
“I told you, I kissed him!”
“It’s hardly the same. I kissed you, after all. That wasn’t love, Mr. Sharp.”
“Aye, and what exactly was it?”
“Curiosity.” Lilit smiled. “And as I said, you’re quite a dashing boy.”
“But I’m pretty sure Alek doesn’t want a dashing boy!”
“You can’t be sure until you ask.”
Deryn shook her head. “You were raised to throw bombs. I wasn’t.”
“Were you raised to wear trousers and be a soldier?”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“of the pyre. He raised both arms to the”
― Christian Warren Freed, Hammers in the Wind

“She smiled. “Not wanting the crown means you’re probably the best person to have it.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“Ce qui embellit le désert, c'est qu'il cache un puits quelque part.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince