Melissa

“She'd grown up inside books. No matter how dark life became, shutting out the hurt was as easy as opening a cover. A child of murdered parents and a failed rebellion, she'd still walked in the boots of scholars and warriors, queens and conquerors.

The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“And what is any artist, really, but someone who doesn't mind being an asshole?”
― Jade Chang, The Wangs vs. the World

“Communists had it all wrong. It wasn't the rich who were imprisoned by their possessions, it was the poor.”
― Jade Chang, The Wangs vs. the World

“The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight