Nell

“It’s not about cruelty.” Gáspár has finally turned to face me. “It’s about power. Without power, all you have is anger and spite. Cruelty comes when you have the strength to turn your anger on someone else.”
― Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

“Be brave,’ she says. ‘Be bold. Be loud. Never change for anyone but yourself. Any soul worth their star-stuff will take the whole package as is and however it grows. Don’t waste your time on anyone who doesn’t believe you when you tell them how you feel.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“We keep biting back. We survive, because sometimes that’s the most violent thing we can do to other people. We stay alive.”
― Penelope Douglas, Tryst Six Venom

“Once, very long ago, Time fell in love with Fate.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea