Bellerouge

“she’d made the grave error of mistaking the want of closeness for closeness itself.”
― Alexis Henderson, An Academy for Liars

“You know how to win,” she says. “Just make sure you know when to fight.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“A tree with strong roots laughs at storms.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“All things have a value. Sometimes the value is paid in coin. Other times, it is paid in time and sweat. And finally, sometimes it is paid in blood.

Humanity seems most eager to use this latter currency. And we never note how much of it we’re spending, unless it happens to be our own.”
― Robert Jackson Bennett, Foundryside