Mackenzie Dering

“Because life can be a cruel, heartless bitch,” Helene snapped. “Because we should hold on to the happiness we have and not worry about what other people think of it, or especially of us. Because caring about someone occasionally means compromising something about yourself for their benefit and not your own. That’s what real love is,”
― Jennifer Estep, Protect the Prince

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters,”
― Ilona Andrews, Blood Heir

“Okay…but like Shakespeare said, It’s better to have fucked and lost, than never to have fucked at all.”
― Vi Keeland, The Rivals

“Dakkan, my spear. My grandmother had a huge problem with that name, because the closest translation of it to English would be “Stabby.” She claimed it wasn’t a proper name for a weapon, so after the first Dakkan broke, I offered to name the new one Sharpy McStabbison, the Son of Stabby, after which she groaned and left my quarters, followed by a throng of her advisors all giving me reproachful looks.”
― Ilona Andrews, Blood Heir