Alyssa Orioles

“You can’t choose how other people will be, only how you’ll be,”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Devils

“Nothing is so privileged as thinking history belongs to the past.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“The thing you don’t realise, is…” She gave an elaborate shrug. “Pirates are fucking horrible.” Princess Alexia raised her dewy brows. “You don’t say?” “They’re just really, really horrible thieves on the sea. They’re not funny, they’re not charming, the food is awful. If someone offers you the chance to be a pirate, tell them you’re busy. That’s my advice.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Devils

“And so we have entered a strange era of human history: A preventable, curable infectious disease remains our deadliest. That's the world we are currently choosing.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection