Jade

“Leave this temple forever. Leave the dead to the snow and the winds. Tell the people. A new era is coming when those males who glorify death and killing shall reap their reward; and the era of peace shall be yours. I will come again to you. I will show you the way.”
― Anne Rice, The Vampire Chronicles Collection: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned

“I take strange comfort in these waves of heartache. They’re like annotations in a book, a note in the margin that reads, This is important.”
― Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

“Do you feel the way the dirt sifts through your fingers? This is knowledge, slowly filling your brain. The more you let in, the more you know and the more you can see the stones and gems hidden within. But do you see that mound of dirt? That’s all you’ve yet to learn. Dumb people will glance at the mound of dirt and think they know it all. But the smart ones will keep sifting, knowing they’ll never understand it. Complacency is weakness, Cassiopeia.”
― Gage Greenwood, Bunker Dogs

“I’m a ghost,” the entity said.”
― Briana Morgan, The Tricker-Treater, and Other Stories