Lila

“The choice between looking plain and pretty isn't really a choice at all. But any fool knows looking dangerous is preferable to both.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love. This is something else I've discovered for myself very recently. I present it to you as a hypothesis: Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis. And I say that the mind absorbed in and involved in itself as a self-centered end, to the exclusion of human relationships, can only lead to violence and pain.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

“If Vengeance has a mother, her name is Patience.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave

“You can keep the glory. I'm just here for the blood.”
― Jay Kristoff, Godsgrave