“Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty. What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms ... or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Mors irrumat omnia. Death fucks us all.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House
“Fire-breathing bitch-queen.”
― Queen of Shadows
― Queen of Shadows
“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
“Take me back. Make me into someone who has never been done harm. Go as far as you can. Make me brand-new. No bruises. No scars.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House
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