“Since my arrival in Rome, I have had many opportunities to wonder if compassion’s opposite is cruelty, or to reflect whether or not indifference would serve as a better black to its white.”
― A Mixture of Madness
― A Mixture of Madness
“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called.
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― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
“I can't decide whether I'm a good girl wrapped up in a bad girl, or if I'm a bad girl wrapped up in a good girl. And that's how I know I'm a woman!”
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“He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.”
― A Mixture of Madness
― A Mixture of Madness
“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”
― Insurgent
― Insurgent
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