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“There was only the quiet that came after all those things. There was only the quiet that came when you were the only one left. Only the quiet that came when you were something strange enough to outsurvive the things that killed or drove away everyone you loved.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk

“This version of her had not yet worked out how to like living in her own life.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk

“The presence of atrocity doesn’t mean you have to put your life on hold. You’ll arguably be better at dealing with the horrible things you have to witness, or even to perpetrate, if you allow yourself time to do the small, simple things that make you happy. Instead of looking for ways to destroy yourself.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Revenant Gun

“Declan said ruefully. “There’s a thing Soulages said. ‘A window looks outside, but a painting should do the opposite—it should look inside of us.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk