Mariva

“There are forms and ceremonies to be gone through, not so much to satisfy oneself, as to stop the world's mouth, without much stoppage there would be little satisfaction in life.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“You found us a way out. I'll find us a way home.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart

“Bottles have a habit of breaking under pressure. I have found that people make poor bottles.”
― Cindy L Sell, Embers Rising

“Loyalty was a fine word until it began to taste like servitude, and by then, it was already too late to spit it out.”
― Katja Knox, We Were Made of Fire