Sabine

“You are empty,” I said, my throat working, “and cruel.”

“Ah. Yes, now that is true. Would you like to know the greatest secret of fairykind?” When I didn’t answer he continued, “We prefer to pretend otherwise, but truly, we have never been the immortal ones. We may live long enough to see the world change, but we’re never the ones who changed it. When we finally reach the end, we are unloved and alone, and leave nothing behind, not even our name chiseled on a stone slab. And yet—mortals, through their works, their Craft, are remembered forever.” He turned us gracefully through the crowd without missing a step. “Oh, you cannot imagine the power your kind holds over us. How very much we envy you. There is more life in your littlest fingernail than in everyone in my court combined.”
― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens

“Nobody promised me a happy ending. They didn’t even promise me a happy existence.”
― Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky

“Yuyeh sesh: 'despise your heart'. But that's the direct translation. The real meaning is more like 'do what needs to be done-be cruel if you have to.'"
"What's the other part?"
"Ni weh sesh? 'I have no heart'.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“If more people valued home, above gold, this world would be a merrier place...”
― Thorin Oakenshield