Corine

“If he’d learned one thing during his many years on earth, it was that words are rarely better than silence.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Devils

“The distinction between Black Art and White is a patent artifice, born of wilful ignorance. They are drawn from one well. They even emerge in the same bucket! Then you blockheads dip in two cups and declare what suits your petty prejudices White and what defies your pitiful understanding Black when in fact they are one and the same—”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Devils

“He knew that later in life, he also wanted to be let alone to read and to be quiet.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“it’s to never be shy about asking the question, and never fear what the answer will be, and waste no tears over the refusals, and clutch with both hands at any flicker of warmth that can be clawed from the uncaring darkness of existence.” Alex slowly nodded. “Only that, eh?”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Devils