Mackenzie

“Somehow, grief had seemed easier to bear when the skies were dark and a cold wind kept cats and prey inside their nests.”
― Erin Hunter, Bramblestar's Storm

“Firestar and Dustpelt were dead; Graystripe and Sandstorm were the last remaining cats of their generation.”
― Erin Hunter, Bramblestar's Storm

“Sometimes there won’t be a right choice, just the best of several bad options.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“There is... this rage." she said "This despair and hatred and rage that lives and breathes inside me. There's not sanity to it, no gentleness. It is a monster dwelling under my skin. For the past ten years, I have worked every day, every hour, to keep that monster locked up. And the moment I talk about those two days, and what happened before and after, that monster is going to break loose, and there will be no accounting for what I do."

"That is how I was able to stand before the King of Adarlan, how I was able to befriend his son and his captain, how I was able to live in that palace. Because I did not give that rage, those memories, one inch. And right now I am looking for the tools that might destroy my enemy, and I cannot let out the monster, because it will make me use those tools against the king, not put them back as I should—and I might very well destroy the world for spite. So that is why I must be Celaena, not Aelin—because being Aelin means facing those things, unleashing that monster. Do you understand?”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire