Blue

“Those who don’t build must burn. It’s as old as history and juvenile delinquents.” “So that’s what I am.” “There’s some of it in all of us.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Mrs. Klapper scoffed. "Perhaps you should consider making time, Mr. Baker. Being alone at your age isn't healthy. I'd hate to think of what would happen if you were to blow your brains out. It'd hurt the resale value of the whole neighborhood."
"I'm not depressed!"
She looked him up and down. "You aren't? Why on earth not?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“This is what you have to tell yourself," Qara said fiercely. "You have to believe that it was necessary. That it stopped something worse. And even if it wasn't, it's the lie we'll tell ourselves, starting today and every day afterward. You made your choice. There's nothing you can do about it now. It's over.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“They had a god to kill. A world to reshape. An Empress to overthrow.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War