Natalie

“I’ve been nothing but kind to you. I’m not some sort of monster.”
“No, you’re the man who sits idly by, congratulating yourself on your decency, while the monster eats his fill. At least a monster has teeth and a spine.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Those who know what it's like in the dark will do anything to stay in the light.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“We pretended that what we had lost was the house, not our mother, not our father. We pretended that what we had lost had been taken from us by the person who still lived inside.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House

“Tomorrow after you leave I will stand here at this window and remember that yesterday you were right here with me.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers