“To live is to be vulnerable. A thin membrane of a soap bubble separates one from impenetrable hell. Ice on the road. The unlucky division of an aging cell. A child picks up a pill from the floor. Words stick to each other, line up, obedient to the great harmony of speech...”
― Vita Nostra
― Vita Nostra
“Now kneel, fools, and witness my ascension to GODHOOD!”
– Last words of Dread Empress Sinistra IV, the Erroneous”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
– Last words of Dread Empress Sinistra IV, the Erroneous”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
“It would have been a lovely thing, he thought, to dance with that one until one of them died of it.”
― A Practical Guide to Evil V
― A Practical Guide to Evil V
“I see I’ll have to take drastic measures to ensure intelligent conversation around here.”
– Dread Empress Maledicta II, before having the tongues of the entire Imperial court ripped out”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
– Dread Empress Maledicta II, before having the tongues of the entire Imperial court ripped out”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
“I’m serious, Sasha: what is so important about being human? Is it because you simply haven’t experienced anything else?”
― Vita Nostra
― Vita Nostra
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