elise

“I am not a pretty thing to be manipulated. I am darkness.”
― Lexi Ryan, These Hollow Vows

“We’re in this together, Sunshine. You and me. Got it?”
― Lynette Noni, The Blood Traitor

“You once told me I was strong and powerful and I could survive anything. That I owed it to myself to find a reason to live. Now I'm telling you the same thing.”
― Lynette Noni, The Blood Traitor

“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel