“I think,” Hoa says slowly, “that if you love someone, you don’t get to choose how they love you back.”
― The Stone Sky
― The Stone Sky
“They’re afraid because we exist, she says. There’s nothing we did to provoke their fear, other than exist. There’s nothing we can do to earn their approval, except stop existing – so we can either die like they want, or laugh at their cowardice and go on with our lives.”
― The Stone Sky
― The Stone Sky
“Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
“Your amoral ingenuity in the pursuit of your interest is perfectly shocking,” said Zacharias severely. “Yes, isn’t it?” said Prunella, pleased.”
― Sorcerer to the Crown
― Sorcerer to the Crown
“After all, a person is herself, and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. I am me, and you.”
― The Fifth Season
― The Fifth Season
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