Nikki

“That was why he and Dez were different. They knew the rules were a lie. He was scared to be alone; she was scared to be with people. He felt like he'd fade away if he wasn't touched; she felt like she'd be smothered out of existence if she was. He'd wanted so badly to die and make all the pain end; she still did. Everyone knew pain, but some lived closer to it than others.”
― Auryn Hadley, Flawed

“Screw all the rules. Screw everything that makes sense. Dez, I want to be flawed with you.”
― Auryn Hadley, Flawed

“It occured to me that people could do horrible things out of love. I was not sure that made it all right.”
― Katherine Macdonald, A Song of Sea and Shore

“Money makes people foolish, and it makes them confident, and confident foolishness is a dangerous, dangerous combination. Because when their foolishness loses that money, their confidence blames it on someone else, and it makes them volatile and sometimes even violent.”
― Chloe Garner, The Queen's Seal