Reshil Dukes

“You don't fix hurts by pretending they never happened. You treat them like infected wounds. You dig deep with a burning knife and gouge out the rotten flesh and then, maybe, you have a chance to heal.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“The point of revenge wasn’t to heal. The point was that the exhilaration, however temporary, drowned out the hurt.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“She bent most of the rules. She broke the rest.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

“I don't get to look away from the throats I have to cut. Why should you?”
― Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow