Jordan

“Don’t you see? You can take my heart and liver; split open my belly and eat what’s inside. I would sooner bear it than lose you to those who would call you plain-faced, who makes you kneel and kiss their feet. Do not leave me alone. Do not leave me to lick my wounds like a dog before it’s put down. Do not look at the truth of me and then look away. Please, Marlinchen.”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn

“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.”
― Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way

“But alas, hearts are meant to be broken, aren’t they, bard?”
“If they must break,” Jack said, “then they break and remake themselves into stronger vessels.”
― Rebecca Ross, A River Enchanted

“My eldest sister was right; I would smile blithely if someone tried to saw off my leg. But no one ever told me I was allowed to scream”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn