Hitomi

“What is trust, sidhe-seer, but expectation that another will behave in a certain fashion, consistent with prior actions?”
― Karen Marie Moning, Bloodfever

“Love is an open wound that you hope never heals.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The Angel

“He looks as if he were three or four; looks just like one of those unapproachable, incomprehensible, willful little prehuman creatures, who in their ostensible innocence think only of themselves, who want to subordinate the whole world to their despotic will, and would do it, too, if one let them pursue their megalomaniacal ways and did not apply the strictest pedagogical principles to guide them to a disciplined, self-controlled, fully human existence.”
― Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“Hope strengthens. Fear kills[...] That simple adage is master of every situation, every choice. Each morning we wake up, we get to choose between hope and fear and apply one of those emotions to everything we do. Do we greet things that come our way with joy? Or suspicion?”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever