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“All power is cursed,” I say. “The most terrible among us will do anything to get it, and those who’d wield power best don’t want it thrust upon them. But that doesn’t mean they can avoid their responsibilities forever.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“I really thought I could do it. Maybe that’s my problem.”

“What?”

“That I think I can make something happen just by wanting it enough. Objectively, it’s like...pretty stupid and naive.”

“Maybe, but it’s also kind of good, don’t you think?”

“Why?”

“It’s probably better than thinking that nothing you feel or do can ever make a difference, right? I’d rather believe in something.”
― Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

“The choices we face may not be the choices we want, but they are choices nonetheless.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“Perhaps you could just allow yourself to be rescued," Cardan says. "For once.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing