Kelsey

“Do we all hunger for this? Alex wondered as she shepherded Mercy into Il Bastone, watching her eyes grow wide at the sight of the sunflower staircase, the stained glass, the painted tiles that framed the fireplace. Why raise children on the promise of magic? Why create a want in them that can never be satisfied—for revelation, for transformation—and then set them adrift in a bleak, pragmatic world?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent

“Why is it always blood? Why can’t it ever be jam or blue crayon?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent

“The awful truth was that if she could have stopped loving her mother, she would have.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent

“Traditionally, we are told the moral is "There is no reward for serving the wicked." But we might as well understand the story to posit this question: "Isn't it a merry thing to cheat death?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent