Shelly

“But we are still mythical. We are still permanently trapped somewhere between the heroic and the pitiful. We are still godly; that’s what makes us so monstrous. But it feels like we’ve forgotten we’re much more than the sum of all the things that belong to us.”
― Kate Tempest, Brand New Ancients: A Poem

“Yes, my sweet villain, my darling god… Sweet Jude. You are my dearest punishment”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Millions of characters, each with their own epic narratives singing it’s hard to be an angel until you’ve been a demon.”
― Kate Tempest, Brand New Ancients: A Poem

“On old maps, cartographers would draw strange beasts around the margins and write phrases such as "Here be dragons." That's where monsters exist: in the unmapped spaces, in the places where we haven't filled in all the gaps...”
― Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant