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“Love was the destroyer. It made mourners, widows, left misery in its wake. Grief and love were one and the same. Grief was the shadow love left when it was gone.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Oh, but history moved in such vicious circles.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree