Maya

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Promise me you’ll stay alive long enough to stab me in the back?”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“When her friends told me to sit up straight, I jolted. When they said I was a ‘growing girl’ in that tone, I thrust my plate away. When they said I would be prettier if I smiled, I beamed. I was good. I was obedient. I was fucking perfect. So when I finally snapped, I snapped hard. When I finally said no, I screamed it from the mountaintops. Or from the Underworld, as the case may be.”
― Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

“Father, I am what you made me. I’ve become your daughter after all.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince