Tanya

“There’s nothing worse than ordinary men.”
― Namina Forna, The Merciless Ones

“A gaze as sharp as thorns hooks into me, holds me hostage. “I told you, I’ll be the villain for you.” Resolve bolsters my spine. “Yes. But so will I.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“So if she wanted us to hate each other then I’d just have to play my part in it. Because I couldn’t keep away from her, that much was becoming abundantly clear. So I’d just have to keep being her villain.”
― Caroline Peckham, Shadow Princess

“This is a farce! You are not mad; you are simply a ridiculous fool. I used to think every fool was out of his senses, but now I see that lack of sense is a man's normal state, and you are perfectly normal.”
― Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya