D. Velas

“Hope,” I whisper, my eyes welling up. I don’t hope for a flower from a boy, but I hope for a better life. A truthful life. I’m not usually sentimental, but there’s something about it that feels like a sign. Like its own kind of magic.”
― Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

“I know I’m a far cry from the girl from my dreams, but I want to believe there’s a part of her that lives in me … in every single one of us.”
― Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

“What’s the easiest way to steal a man’s wallet?”
“Knife to the throat?” asked Inej.
“Gun to the back?” said Jesper.
“Poison in his cup?” suggested Nina.
“You’re all horrible,” said Matthias.
Kaz rolled his eyes. “The easiest way to steal a man’s wallet is to tell him you’re going to steal his watch. You take his attention and direct it where you want it to go...”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I think that's what always scared me the most about the grace year, that I would somehow lose myself, come back an entirely different person.
We just get better at hiding things.
I jused to wonder how the women could turn a blind eye to things in the county, things that were happening right in front of them, but some truths are so horrifying that you can't even admit them to yourself.
I understand that now.”
― Kim Liggett, The Grace Year