preoccupiedbybooks

“Humans are idiots.” “Humans are more than idiots. They are good only to feed the earth when they die.”
― Emma Hamm, Wilde Fae

“The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“Fight because you don't know how to die quietly. Win because you don't know how to lose. This king's ruled long enough—it's time to tear his castle down.”
― Nora Sakavic, The King's Men