Jyll Aurelio

“But would it have mattered if she’d been someone else? If she’d been a social butterfly, they would have said she liked to drink away her pain. If she’d been a straight-A student, they would have said she’d been eaten alive by her perfectionism. There were always excuses for why girls died.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“All you children playing with fire, looking surprised when the house burns down”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“As for opportunity, she knew better than anyone: You had to make it for yourself.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent

“I want to survive this world that keeps trying to destroy me.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House