Amanda

“So I am to sit here and feed you information,” Cardan says, leaning against a hickory tree. “And you’re to go charm royalty? That seems entirely backward.”
I fix him with a look. “I can be charming. I charmed you, didn’t I?”
He rolls his eyes. “Do not expect others to share my depraved tastes.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Balekin and Orlagh are planning your murder,” I say flustered.
“Yes,” he says lazily. “So why did I wake at all?”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“i am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me.
those seem to be the two choices. everything else is just killing time.”
― David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“He says you’re cruel.”
“I’m pragmatic. If I were cruel, I’d give him a eulogy instead of a conversation.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom