Aya

“The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“He rises from the throne. “Come, have a seat.” His voice is replete with danger, lush with menace. The flowering branches have sprouted thorns so thickly that petals are barely visible.
“This is what you wanted, isn’t it?” he asks. “What you sacrificed everything for. Go on. It’s all yours.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I am no murderer,” says Cardan, surprising me. I would not have thought that was something to be proud of.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Children can laugh all day and still cry themselves to sleep at night.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince