Tia

“Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of strength.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“She had said she didn’t feel fear, but it was a lie; this was her fear: being left alone. Because of one thing she was certain, and it was that she could never love, not like that. Trust a stranger with her flesh? The closeness, the quiet. She couldn’t imagine it. Breathing someone else’s breath as they breathed yours, touching someone, opening for them? The vulnerability of it made her flush. It would mean submission, letting down her guard, and she wouldn’t. Ever. Just the thought made her feel small and weak as a child...”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self and what seems threatening is just the echo of the fear in my heart.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“There are maps in me but I am lost, and there are skies in me but they are dead.”
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters