wooly ★

“After class, I tell Strane that I see Lolita in the Wyeth painting and try to explain why—because the woman looks so beaten down with her skinny ankles, because the impassable distance between her and the house reminds me of the description of Lo at the end, pale, pregnant, and destined to die. Strane shakes his head and says for the millionth time that I assign too much significance to that novel. “We need to get you a new favorite book,” he says.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“You will be nothing, my dear,” he says simply. “But it is a kinder nothing than this. Surrender, and I will set you free.”
― Victoria E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“I know I can be cruel,” he says. “But nature can be crueler.”
― Victoria E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“The current claims us all in the end,” he called without turning. “If you want to live, you have to fight.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House