Helen ⊹₊⟡⋆

“Benedikt,” Marshall said again, nervously now. “Say something.” Benedikt finally jolted to action. He picked up the nearest object he could find—an apple—and threw it at Marshall with all his strength. “Hey!” Marshall yelped, jumping out of the way. “What gives?” “You didn’t think to contact me?” Benedikt shouted. He picked up an orange next. It bounced off Marshall’s shoulder. “I thought you were dead! I mourned you for months! I slaughtered Scarlets in your name!” “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Marshall kept darting around, trying to avoid being target practice.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“That was the cruelest irony: the more you did to save yourself, the less you became a person worth saving.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning

“I‘m exactly what they deserve,” she said. “They don‘t want peace, they want revenge. I‘m it.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“It doesn’t go away. It never will. But when it hurts, lean into it. It’s so much harder to stay alive. That doesn’t mean you don’t deserve to live. It means you’re brave.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God