Maise

“What happens when a monster tries to become a god?”
― Emily A. Duncan, Ruthless Gods

“Power does not transform you, he’d said. It only reveals you.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Lore

“Pain is the essence of life,”
― Alexandra Bracken, Lore

“It’s not always the truth that survives, but the stories we wish to believe. The legends lie. They smooth over imperfections to tell a good tale, or to instruct us how we should behave, or to assign glory to victors and shame those who falter. Perhaps there were some in Sparta who embodied those myths. Perhaps. But how we are remembered is less important than what we do now.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Lore