“The captain glares down at me, his lip curled in irritation at my insolence, and something dark, something cold and dangerous, moves behind his eyes. In that moment, I do not doubt him. In that moment, I believe wholeheartedly he is who he claims to be.”
― Unhooked
― Unhooked
“It's hard not to hate. People, things, institutions. When they break your spirit and take pleasure in watching you bleed... hate is the only feeling that makes sense. But I know what hate does to a man. Tears him apart. Turns him into something he's not. Something he promised
himself he'd never become.”
―
himself he'd never become.”
―
“It wasn't the risk," I said, flicking my toes at a big black-and-white splotched carp. "Or not entirely. It was—well, it was partly fear, but mostly it was that I—I couldn't leave Jamie." I shrugged helplessly. "I—simply couldn't.”
― Outlander
― Outlander
“Every time I think maybe I'm heading in the right direction, I end up in a place I never even knew could feel this bad.”
―
―
“The boy who chose to play the villain in order to battle a monster who calls himself a hero”
― Unhooked
― Unhooked
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