Amber (amberdevouredthis)

“My condition isn't an impediment. I'm not defined by it, and it doesn't limit me. It doesn't make me less, or different, and even if I fail, I'll just get back up and try again. So please don't come back into my life, unless you understand it isn't yours to run.”
― Cynthia Timoti, Salty, Spiced, and a Little Bit Nice

“The next time you want to make a point,' Jude says, 'I beg you not to make it so dramatically.'
His shoulder hurts, and she may be right about the iron poisoning. He certainly feels as though his head is swimming. But he smiles up at the trees, the looping electrical lines, the streaks of clouds.
'So long as you're begging,' he says.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“The Yew girl wears a tunic and pants. Why not you? Jespyr’s entirely more fearsome than I am. I glanced down at my legs. I look like a bloody stable boy. How you look is—and perhaps always has been—utterly irrelevant.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window