Darren

“Such is the commander's lot.
Such is the folly of humanity.
Is it not our human tragedy that some men must be beaten like donkeys before they will see reason?”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“The kind of dark that tricks the eyes. Makes you see things where there are none. Or miss things when they are there. The dark that lives in the spaces you know you should not look, lest you catch it in other eyes, staring back.”
― V.E. Schwab, Gallant

“We're all greedy, btu children make it easier to be. We feel it's only right to give them everything we can grab, even when you know that anything you feed your own child still comes out of someone else's mouth.”
― Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves

“you know perfectly well you ought to stop reading and go to bed and you’ll feel hideously groggy in the morning if you don’t,”
― Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves