“Why the fuck is everyone in this kingdom trying to murder my wife?”
― Serpent & Dove
― Serpent & Dove
“God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.”
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
“When something is broken, you can put it back together. It may not fit quite the same, or work like it did once before, but that doesn't mean it's no longer useful.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“I’ve never seen the point of fancy dress parties. You have two choices: either you make a massive effort and wind up looking like a dick, or you make no effort and wind up looking like a dick. And my problem, as always, was not knowing what kind of dick I wanted to be.”
― Boyfriend Material
― Boyfriend Material
“I fell in love with you, smartass, because you were one of us—because you weren’t afraid of me, and you decided to end your spectacular victory by throwing that piece of bone at Amarantha like a javelin. I felt Cassian’s spirit beside me in that moment, and could have sworn I heard him say, ‘If you don’t marry her, you stupid prick, I will.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
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