Mara

“I think if I gave you my heart, you would treat it tenderly.”
― C.S. Pacat, Kings Rising

“Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

“Do you always go where you’re not wanted?” Eleanor smiled placidly. “I’ve never been wanted anywhere,” she said.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

“Just thinking about all that blood." I nearly shudder. "Doesn't it make you a bit squeamish?"
"Ladies haven't the luxury of being squeamish about blood," she replies, and Percy and I go fantastically red in unison.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue