Summer

“Have I told you how hideous you look tonight?” Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his words turning the question into something like a compliment.
“No” I say, glad to be annoyed back into the present. “Tell me.”
"I can't.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Some people burn so brightly, it's impossible to put the flames out.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“If your only instrument is a sword, then you will always strike at your problems.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“How strange that instead of taking his heart, I'm hoping he takes mine.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom