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“It’s not the world that’s cruel. It’s the people in it.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court

“I didn't think I was a personal problem. You hate me, remember?" "Every inch of you," Andrew said. "That doesn't mean I wouldn't blow you." The world tilted a little bit sideways. Neil dug his shoes harder into the floor so he wouldn't fall over. "You like me." "I hate you," Andrew corrected him, but Neil barely heard him.”
― Nora Sakavic, The King's Men

“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“How am I meant to wander when every part of everything I am wants to rest with you? Of course I’m starving. Of course I’m sick. Yes, I changed you. And my punishment is that you changed me, too. You’ve remade me, every cell, every atom. I . . .” She sank to the floor, knees drawn up, arms wrapped around her legs. Her feet were so small, and so dear. “I am ruined.”
― Samara Breger, A Long Time Dead