“What good were bright gods who only watched from afar while dark gods strove every moment to devour you?”
― Dreams of Gods & Monsters
― Dreams of Gods & Monsters
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“Mercy, she had discovered, made mad alchemy: a drop of it could dilute a lake of hate.”
― Days of Blood & Starlight
― Days of Blood & Starlight
“of night crowded into the slanting places beyond the reach of the dawn.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
“She’d poured so much of herself into keeping it buried, sometimes it felt like any energy she might have had for joy or love or light went there instead. You only had so much to give.”
― Dreams of Gods & Monsters
― Dreams of Gods & Monsters
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