Kelly

“Crime isn't that complicated. People steal because taking something gives them something. If they're not in it for the money, they're in it for control. The act of taking, of breaking the rules, makes them feel powerful. They're in it for the sheer defiance. Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Magic made things simple. Sometimes, thought Kell, it made things too simple.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“It was like cooking, not baking. Baking took a sense of order. Cooking took a flare, a little art, a little luck.”
― V.E. Schwab, Vicious

“You’re wasting your time, she wanted to tell them. I don’t care about your cars or your properties or your bags of gold. What have you done with your life? What are you going to do with it? That’s all that matters.”
― Sharon Shinn, Royal Airs