Elin H

“with this bullet lodged in my chest, covered with your name, I will turn myself into a gun, because
it’s all I have,
because I’m hungry and hollow and just want something to call my own. I’ll be your slaughterhouse, your killing floor, your morgue and final resting, walking around with this
bullet inside me
‘cause I couldn’t make you love me and I’m tired of pulling your teeth.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“I will remember, Your Grace," said Sansa, though she had always heard that love was a surer route to the people's loyalty than fear. If I am ever a queen, I'll make them love me.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I’m not dead either.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi