Nikita

“Hearts are breakable," Isabelle said. "And I think even when you heal, you're never what you were before".”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

“Many people live and die without ever confronting themselves in the darkness.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties

“Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely layered petals. And everyone had something indescribably precious at the heart of their being.
No one was shallow. Not really.”
― Mary Balogh, A Secret Affair

“Sometimes I wonder if the bars make the monsters and not the other way around.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories