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“ But there are two sides to every story. The hero and the villain. The dark and the light. The blessing and the curse. And what the miller had not understood is that the god of stories is also the god of lies.
A trickster god.”
― Marissa Meyer, Gilded

“I think I understand better now,” she said slowly. “Your jokes. Your…pranks. You wield laughter like a weapon, a protection against your awful circumstances. I think you’re trying to create lightness where there is so much dark.”
One of his eyebrows lifted. “Yes, you have it exactly right. I assure you, I only think of daisies and shooting stars and bringing merriment into this dreadful world. I never think at all of how His Foulness will turn blue with anger and he’ll spend half the night cursing my existence. That would just be spiteful. Far beneath me.”
She laughed.
“I suppose spite can be a weapon, too.”
“Absolutely. My favorite, in fact. Well. Other than a sword. Because who doesn’t love a sword?”
― Marissa Meyer, Gilded

“You have my heart, Jest. I don't know if you deserve it or not. I can't tell if you're a hero or a villain, but it doesn't seem to matter. Either way, my heart is yours.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“To be all right implies an impossible phase. We hope for mostly right on the best of our days.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless