Ella

“When the past is forgotten, then it can return. Only those who remember have the chance to stave it off. For the dark is never truly gone; it only waits for the world to forget, so that it may rise again.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein

“I beg you," said Marcus.
He said the words like there was a system of honor in the world, like all you had to do was appeal to a person's better nature and goodness would prevail. The self-righteousness of it stuck in James's throat.
"Beg me, then. Beg me on your knees to kill you. Do it.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies