Sage

“You want," the Darkling mocked. I want to watch your tracker die slowly with my knife in his heart. I want to let the sea swallow you both. But our fates are entwined now, Alina, and there's nothing either of us can do about that.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I feel like a constellation of wounds, held together with string and stubbornness.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“Maybe it isn't the worst thing to want to be loved, even if you're not. Even if it hurts. Maybe being human isn't always being weak.

Maybe it was the shame that was the problem.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“Seize the wind," I whispered. "Don't become the kite that never flies.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn